1994 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 81 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL
SUBCHAPTER X - DEMONSTRATION MEDICAL WASTE TRACKING PROGRAM
Sec. 6992h - Health impacts report
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 81 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL SUBCHAPTER X - DEMONSTRATION MEDICAL WASTE TRACKING PROGRAM Sec. 6992h - Health impacts report |
| Contains | section 6992h |
| Date | 1994 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-272, title II, §11009, as added Pub. L. 100-582, §2(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2957. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 102 Stat. 2957 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 89-272, Public Law 100-582 |
§6992h. Health impacts report
Within 24 months after November 1, 1988, the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall prepare for Congress a report on the health effects of medical waste, including each of the following—
(1) A description of the potential for infection or injury from the segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal of medical wastes.
(2) An estimate of the number of people injured or infected annually by sharps, and the nature and seriousness of those injuries or infections.
(3) An estimate of the number of people infected annually by other means related to waste segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal, and the nature and seriousness of those infections.
(4) For diseases possibly spread by medical waste, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and hepatitis B, an estimate of what percentage of the total number of cases nationally may be traceable to medical wastes.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §11009, as added Pub. L. 100–582, §2(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2957.)
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