California Health and Safety Code

§ 118330

HSC § 118330 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 104 · Part 14 · Ch. 10

Statute text

(a)Whenever the enforcement agency determines that a violation or threatened violation of this part or the regulations adopted pursuant to this part has resulted, or is likely to result, in a release of medical waste into the environment, the agency may issue an order to the responsible person specifying a schedule for compliance or imposing an administrative penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. A person who, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, violates an order issued pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(1)If the department is the enforcement agency, the department shall provide notice, issue the order, and conduct the administrative hearing pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (f).

(2)If the department is not the enforcement agency, the provisions of subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, apply.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 198. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.