§ 106-186. Findings.  


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  • (a)

    The department of environmental protection (DEP) has adopted rules relating to the storage, transport and disposal of biomedical waste.

    (b)

    Such rules, contained in Chapter 62-712, Florida Administrative Code, are aimed at isolating biomedical waste from the municipal solid waste stream.

    (c)

    The county finds and determines that it is in the interest of public health, safety and welfare that the disposal of biomedical waste at any place other than a permitted biomedical waste facility be prohibited and that penalties be imposed for the violation of such prohibition.

(Ord. No. 95-83, § 2, 12-5-95)