§ 42031.6. — 42031.6. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 1004, Sec. 1.)

California § 42031.6.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code PRC: Public Resources Code - PRC
• Div. 30.: DIVISION 30. WASTE MANAGEMENT
• Part 3.: PART 3. STATE PROGRAMS
• Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Pharmaceutical and Sharps Waste Stewardship
• Art. 2.: ARTICLE 2. Covered Entities and Stewardship Organizations

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(a)
A program operator shall conduct a comprehensive education and outreach program intended to promote participation in the stewardship program. At a minimum, the education and outreach program shall do all of the following:
(1)
Promote its stewardship program to ultimate users by providing signage for hospitals, pharmacies, and other locations, as necessary.
(2)
Provide educational and outreach materials for persons authorized to prescribe drugs, pharmacies, pharmacists, ultimate users, and others, as necessary.
(3)
Establish an Internet Web site that publicizes the location of authorized collectors and
provides other information intended to promote the use of the stewardship program.
(4)
Prepare and provide additional outreach materials not specified in this section, as needed to promote the collection and proper management of covered drugs and home-generated sharps waste.
(5)
Encourage ultimate users to separate products that are not covered products from covered products, when appropriate, before submitting the covered products to an authorized collection site or mail-back program.
(b)
A program operator shall not, as part of the education and outreach program, promote the disposal of a covered product in a manner inconsistent with the services offered to ultimate users by the stewardship program.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 1004, Sec. 1. (SB 212) Effective January 1, 2019.