Public Act 098-0366
 
HB0702 EnrolledLRB098 03526 JDS 33541 b



    AN ACT concerning safety.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
changing Section 3.360 as follows:
 



    (415 ILCS 5/3.360)  (was 415 ILCS 5/3.84)



    Sec. 3.360. Potentially infectious medical waste. 

    (a) "Potentially infectious medical waste" means
the 
following types of waste generated in connection with the 
diagnosis,
treatment (i.e., provision of medical services), or 
immunization of
human beings or animals; research pertaining to 
the provision of medical
services; or the production or testing 
of biologicals:


        (1) Cultures and stocks.
This waste shall include but 
    not be limited to cultures and stocks of
agents infectious 
    to humans, and associated biologicals; cultures from

    medical or pathological laboratories; cultures and stocks 
    of infectious
agents from research and industrial 
    laboratories; wastes from the
production of biologicals; 
    discarded live or attenuated vaccines; or
culture dishes 
    and devices used to transfer, inoculate, or mix cultures.


        (2) Human pathological wastes.  This waste shall 
    include tissue, organs,
and body parts (except teeth and 
    the contiguous
structures of bone and gum); body fluids 
    that are removed during surgery,
autopsy, or other medical 
    procedures; or specimens of body fluids and their

    containers.


        (3) Human blood and blood products.  This waste shall 
    include discarded
human blood, blood components (e.g., 
    serum and plasma), or saturated material
containing free 
    flowing blood or blood components.


        (4) Used sharps.  This waste shall include but not be 
    limited to
discarded sharps used in animal or human patient 
    care, medical
research, or clinical or pharmaceutical 
    laboratories; hypodermic,
intravenous, or other medical

    needles; hypodermic or intravenous syringes; Pasteur 
    pipettes; scalpel
blades; or blood vials.  This waste shall 
    also include but not be limited
to other types of broken or 
    unbroken glass (including slides and cover
slips) in 
    contact with infectious agents.


        (5) Animal waste.  Animal waste means discarded 
    materials, including
carcasses, body parts, body fluids, 
    blood, or bedding originating from animals
inoculated 
    during research, production of biologicals, or 
    pharmaceutical
testing with agents infectious to humans.


        (6) Isolation waste.  This waste shall include 
    discarded materials
contaminated with blood, excretions, 
    exudates, and secretions from humans
that are isolated to 
    protect others from highly communicable diseases.
"Highly 
    communicable diseases" means those diseases identified by 
    the Board
in rules adopted under subsection (e) of Section 
    56.2 of this Act.


        (7) Unused sharps.  This waste shall include but not be 
    limited to the
following unused, discarded sharps: 
    hypodermic, intravenous, or
other needles; hypodermic or 
    intravenous syringes; or scalpel blades. 

    (b) Potentially infectious medical waste does not include:


        (1) waste generated as general household waste;


        (2) waste (except for sharps) for which the infectious 
    potential has
been eliminated by treatment; or


        (3) sharps that meet both of the following conditions:


            (A) the infectious potential has been eliminated 
        from the sharps by
treatment; and


            (B) the sharps are rendered unrecognizable by 
        treatment; or .

        (4) sharps that are managed in accordance with the 
    following requirements: 
            (A) the infectious potential is eliminated from 
        the sharps by treatment at a facility that is permitted 
        by the Agency for the treatment of potentially 
        infectious medical waste; 
            (B) the sharps are certified by the treatment 
        facility as non-special waste in accordance with 
        Section 22.48 of this Act; 
            (C) the sharps are packaged at the treatment 
        facility the same as required under Board rules for 
        potentially infectious medical waste; 
            (D) the sharps are transported under the custody of 
        the treatment facility to a landfill permitted by the 
        Agency under Section 21 of this Act to accept municipal 
        waste for disposal; and 
            (E) the activities in subparagraphs (A) through 
        (D) of this paragraph (4)  are authorized in, and 
        conducted in accordance with, a permit issued by the 
        Agency to the treatment facility. 
(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)



Effective Date:  1/1/2014