Health and Safety Code section 117780

“Treatment” means any method, technique, or process designed to change or destroy the biological character or composition of any medical waste so as to eliminate its potential for causing disease or creating public or environmental harm, as specified in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 118215).

Source: Section 117780, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=117780. (updated Jan. 1, 2015; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 117780, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=117780. (last accessed May 12, 2025).