2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 38 - Dumping of Medical Waste by Public Vessels (Sections 2501 - 2504)
Sec. 2502 - Definitions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 38 - DUMPING OF MEDICAL WASTE BY PUBLIC VESSELS Sec. 2502 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 2502 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-688, title III, §3103, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4152. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 102 Stat. 4152 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 100-688 |
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For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) Potentially infectious medical wasteThe term "potentially infectious medical waste" includes isolation wastes; infectious agents; human blood and blood products; pathological wastes; sharps; body parts; contaminated bedding; surgical wastes; and other disposable medical equipment and material that may pose a risk to the public health, welfare or the marine environment.
(2) Public vesselThe term "public vessel" means a vessel of any type whatsoever (including hydrofoils, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft whether propelled or not, and fixed or floating platforms) that is owned, or demise chartered, and operated by the United States Government, and is not engaged in commercial service.
(Pub. L. 100–688, title III, §3103, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4152.)
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