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[CITE: 33USC2502]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER 38--DUMPING OF MEDICAL WASTE BY PUBLIC VESSELS
 
Sec. 2502. Definitions

    For the purposes of this chapter:

              (1) Potentially infectious medical waste

        The 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 vessel

        The 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, Sec. 3103, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4152.)
