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Assembly Bill A887

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires owners or operators of beaches to report any regulated medical waste washing up on shore to the appropriate public health official

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2009-A887 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1343, Pub Health L

2009-A887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners or operators of public or private beaches used for bathing to report any regulated medical waste washing up on shore or visible in the water to the appropriate public health official; provides for a fine of up to $500 for failure to report.

2009-A887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   887

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. McDONOUGH, ERRIGO -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
  owners  or  operators of public or private beaches to report the pres-
  ence of medical waste to public health officials

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.   The public health law is amended by adding a new section
1343 to read as follows:
  S 1343. DUTY TO REPORT MEDICAL WASTE. 1. THE OWNER, LESSEE, OR  OPERA-
TOR  OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BEACH USED FOR BATHING SHALL REPORT TO THE
LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH BEACH IS LOCATED,
OR THE DEPARTMENT IF THERE BE NO LOCAL  HEALTH  OFFICER,  ANY  REGULATED
MEDICAL  WASTE  FOUND WASHED UP ON THE SHORE OF SUCH BEACH OR VISIBLE IN
THE WATER FROM THE SHORE OF SUCH BEACH.
  2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "REGULATED  MEDICAL  WASTE"
SHALL  HAVE THE MEANING DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 27-1501 OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
  3. A FAILURE TO REPORT IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW  AND  SHALL  BE
PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01438-01-9

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