2009 California Health and Safety Code - Section 117600-117620 :: Chapter 1. General Provisions

117600.  This part shall be known and may be cited as the Medical
Waste Management Act.

117605.  This part does not preempt any local ordinance regulating
infectious waste, as that term was defined by Section 25117.5 as it
read on December 31, 1990, if the ordinance was in effect on January
1, 1990, and regulated both large and small quantity generators. Any
ordinance may be amended in a manner that is consistent with this
part.

117610.  The department shall adopt regulations that will establish
and ensure statewide standards for uniformity in the implementation
and administration of this part and that will promote waste
minimization and source reduction.

117615.  Notwithstanding Section 117605, with the approval of the
director, and in the interest of public health, a local ordinance
providing more stringent requirements than specified in this part may
be implemented for a specified time period.

117620.  The department and any local enforcement agency initially
electing to implement a medical waste management program pursuant to
this part shall initiate that program and begin enforcement of its
provisions on or before April 1, 1991, except for medical waste
programs operating under Section 117605.