NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 907

HOUSE BILL 1313

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE RENDERING INOPERABLE OF SYRINGES BEFORE DISCARDING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"§ 90-113.4A.  Rendering inoperable of hypodermic syringes and needles required before discarding. — (a) It shall be unlawful for any firm, organization, corporation, hospital, medical clinic, their agents or employees to discard a hypodermic syringe or needle unless such instrument is first rendered inoperable for future use; provided that this section shall not apply to the discarding of such instruments after personal use by individuals who are under the care of a physician, and further provided that this section shall not apply to the discarding of such instruments after use for the treatment of livestock.

(b)        Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.