{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-117705","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 117705","heading":"","body":"“Medical waste generator” means any person whose act or process produces medical waste and includes, but is not limited to, a provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code. All of the following are examples of businesses that generate medical waste:\n(a) Medical and dental offices, clinics, hospitals, surgery centers, laboratories, research laboratories, unlicensed health facilities, those facilities required to be licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200), chronic dialysis clinics, as regulated pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200), and education and research facilities.\n(b) Veterinary offices, veterinary clinics, and veterinary hospitals.\n(c) Pet shops.\n(d) Trauma scene waste management practitioners.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","PART 14. MEDICAL WASTE [117600. - 118360.]","CHAPTER 2. Definitions [117625. - 117780.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"69948fad96c6a6005496f17a220642b233f17b506d92ed893f007aba87777581","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-117700","next":"us-ca/hsc-117710"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}