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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 46A. TRAUMA SCENE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONER

43-46A-5. Registration required for cleanup; penalty.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘person’’ means: an individual; any corporate entity or form authorized by law, including any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or any officer, director, board member, or employee of any corporate entity or form authorized by law.#

  2. (b)

    No person shall perform, offer to perform, or engage in the cleanup of a trauma scene or the removal or remediation of regulated biomedical waste from any trauma scene unless such person is registered in accordance with this chapter or is an employee or independent contractor of such person registered in accordance with this chapter.#

  3. (c)

    Any person that violates this Code section shall be subject to a civil fine not to exceed $5,000.00 and punitive action by the Secretary of State, up to and including revocation of registration.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-46A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 661, § 1/HB 417.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch33-51-(v30a)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V30A, 2021 edition, pages 614 to 615; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 6fb9eb45ca3a.