WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Senate Bill No. 403

AN ACT concerning

Infectious Waste - Penalties for Disposal

FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain health care facilities
from disposing or causing the disposal of infectious waste
in a landfill system in this State; deleting a certain
definition; altering a certain definition; repealing certain
penalties for the certain disposal of infectious waste; and
providing that violations of the statute prohibiting the
disposal of infectious waste in a landfill system in this
State are liable for certain penalties under the controlled
Controlled Hazardous Substance Act; and generally relating
to penalties for the disposal of infectious waste.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Environment

Section 9-227 and 9-267

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

9-227.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(2) ["Clinic" has the meaning given by the
regulations of the Department.

(3)] (i) "Infectious waste" means any waste that
comes from a hospital, clinic or laboratory, OR OTHER HEALTH
CARE FACILITY AS DEFINED IN § 19-101 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL
ARTICLE" and that is known or suspected to be contaminated with
organisms capable of producing disease or infection in humans.

(ii) "Infectious waste" includes:

1. Disposable CONTAMINATED DISPOSABLE
equipment, instruments, and utensils;

razor blades;

2. Contaminated needles, scalpels, and

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