§ 23-19-13.2 - Disposal of infectious and pathological waste.
SECTION 23-19-13.2
§ 23-19-13.2 Disposal of infectious andpathological waste. – (a) No resource recovery system or facility made available by the corporationshall accept or burn any infectious or human or animal pathological waste fromany hospital, clinic, medical laboratory, nursing home, medical examiner, orteaching hospital. Any facility violating this provision shall be fined notless than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than fivethousand dollars ($5,000). The fine shall be paid to the city or town in whichthe facility is located.
(b) Any person who shall knowingly and willfully perform anyact or shall conspire with any person, hospital, clinic, medical laboratory,medical examiner, or teaching hospital to perform any act in violation of theprovisions of this section shall be fined not less than two thousand fivehundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).