Medical waste

(k) “Medical waste” means isolation wastes; infectious agents; human blood and blood products; pathological wastes; sharps; body parts; contaminated bedding; surgical wastes and potentially contaminated laboratory wastes; dialysis wastes; and such additional medical items as the Administrator shall prescribe by regulation.

Source

33 USC § 1402(k)

Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (chapter 27) of this section.