{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.13811","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13811","heading":"Storage, decontamination, and disposal of medical waste.","body":"Sec. 13811.\n\nA producing facility shall store, decontaminate, and dispose of medical waste pursuant to the following:\n\nCultures and stocks of material contaminated with an infectious agent shall be stored in closed, puncture-resistant containers, decontaminated by autoclaving or incineration, and disposed of in a sanitary landfill.\n\nBlood and blood products and body fluids shall be disposed of by 1 or more of the following methods:\n\nFlushing down a sanitary sewer.\n\nDecontaminating by autoclaving or incineration.\n\nSolidifying.\n\nIf not in liquid form, transferring to a sanitary landfill.\n\nA process approved by the department.\n\nPathological waste shall be disposed of by 1 or more of the following methods:\n\nIncineration or cremation.\n\nGrinding and flushing into a sanitary sewer.\n\nBurial in a cemetery, if transported in leakproof containers of sufficient integrity to prevent rupture.\n\nGrinding until rendered unrecognizable, stored in closed, puncture-resistant, properly labeled containers, and, if not in liquid form, disposed of in a sanitary landfill.\n\nA process approved by the department.\n\nSharps shall be disposed of by 1 of the following methods:\n\nPlacement in rigid, puncture-resistant containers that are appropriately labeled and transported to a sanitary landfill in a manner that retains the integrity of the container.\n\nIncineration or decontamination and grinding that renders the objects unrecognizable. Ground sharps shall be placed in a sealed, rupture-resistant container and transported to a sanitary landfill.\n\nA process approved by the department.\n\nAnimal waste contaminated with organisms infectious to humans shall be disposed of by incineration or by burial in a sanitary landfill in properly labeled, double containers that are leakproof and puncture-resistant and are tightly sealed to prevent escape of fluids or material. Contaminated animal organs disposed of separately shall be rendered unrecognizable.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-368-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-13811","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"6c145962094db4782ad944f37436669fecf102e2301119f775cb3760bab5cd12","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.13810","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.13813"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}