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[CITE: 42USC6992h]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
       SUBCHAPTER X--DEMONSTRATION MEDICAL WASTE TRACKING PROGRAM
 
Sec. 6992h. Health impacts report

    Within 24 months after November 1, 1988, the Administrator of the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall prepare for 
Congress a report on the health effects of medical waste, including each 
of the following--
        (1) A description of the potential for infection or injury from 
    the segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal of 
    medical wastes.
        (2) An estimate of the number of people injured or infected 
    annually by sharps, and the nature and seriousness of those injuries 
    or infections.
        (3) An estimate of the number of people infected annually by 
    other means related to waste segregation, handling, storage, 
    treatment, or disposal, and the nature and seriousness of those 
    infections.
        (4) For diseases possibly spread by medical waste, including 
    Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and hepatitis B, an estimate of 
    what percentage of the total number of cases nationally may be 
    traceable to medical wastes.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 11008, formerly Sec. 11009, as added 
Pub. L. 100-582, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2957; renumbered 
Sec. 11008, Pub. L. 105-362, title V, Sec. 501(h)(1)(B), Nov. 10, 1998, 
112 Stat. 3284.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 11008 of Pub. L. 89-272 was classified to section 
6992g of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-362, 
Sec. 501(h)(1)(A).
