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Introduced Session

This bill regulates trauma scene waste management service providers. Under the bill, a person is not to engage in trauma scene waste management services unless that person is licensed as a bio-recovery specialist and is employed by a licensed trauma scene waste management service provider. The Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety (division) is to establish a licensure program for bio-recovery specialists. To be licensed by the division as a bio-recovery specialist, the applicant is to obtain training certificates that meet federal requirements for biohazard industry training with respect to bloodborne pathogens, hazardous waste operations, and emergency response. Under the bill, the division is to establish a licensure program for trauma scene waste management service providers. To be licensed by the division as a trauma scene waste management service provider, the applicant will be required to: (1) submit documentation that the owner and each key employee is certified as a bio recovery technician by the American Bio Recovery Association; (2) submit to the division the results of a criminal history record background check of each key employee; (3) register with the Department of Environmental Protection as a medical waste generator or hold a current A-901 medical waste hauler license; (4) provide a written statement certifying that the applicant's staff is knowledgeable about the ANSI/IICRC S540 Standard for Trauma and Crime Scene Cleanup; and (5) comply with any other requirements established by the division. The bill provides that the Department of Health is to establish and maintain an electronic database, to be known as the Trauma Scene Waste Management Service Provider Registry (registry), which is to identify and provide contact information for each trauma scene waste management service provider licensed pursuant to this bill. Data in the registry is to be searchable by provider name. Upon publication of the registry, the Department of Health is to notify all law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency medical services providers in the State about the availability of the registry, and those entities will be prohibited from providing referrals for or information about a trauma scene waste management service provider who is not listed in the registry.

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Joe Cryan (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 03/07/2024)

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