SB 6568-S - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/14/00)

     Requires that generators of cultures containing microorganisms that may be transmitted to humans via airborne droplet nuclei shall treat those cultures before transport from the facility.  Such cultures include infectious agents associated with diseases that include but are not limited to tuberculosis, measles, and varicella.

     Provides that biomedical waste treatment facilities shall not accept cultures containing microorganisms that may be transmitted to humans via airborne droplet nuclei unless those cultures have been treated by the generator before transport from the generator's facility.