SENATE BILL 1833 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Jackson |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-99 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Davis, John |
Senate Bill 1833 amends the Health and Safety Code to require a home and community support services agency that generates special or medical waste while providing home health services to dispose of the waste in the same manner that it disposes of special or medical waste generated in the agency's office location. The agency must also provide both verbal and written instructions to its clients regarding the proper procedure for disposing of sharps.