Medical Waste Tracking Act
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The Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 was a United States federal law concerning the illegal dumping of body tissues, blood wastes and other contaminated biological materials. It established heavy penalties for knowingly endangering life through noncompliance. The law expired in 1991.
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Other short titles | Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendment |
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Long title | An Act to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations on the management of infectious waste. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | MWTA, IWRA |
Nicknames | Infectious Waste Regulation Act of 1987 |
Enacted by | the 100th United States Congress |
Effective | November 1, 1988 |
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Public law | 100-582 |
Statutes at Large | 102 Stat. 2950 |
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Titles amended | 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare |
U.S.C. sections created | 42 U.S.C. ch. 82, subch. X § 6992 et seq. |
U.S.C. sections amended | 42 U.S.C. ch. 82, subch. I § 6901 et seq. |
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