HR 3521 · 102th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Medical Waste Mail Control Act of 1991
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization.(1991-10-15)
Plain Language Summary
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Medical Waste Mail Control Act of 1991 - Amends Federal law to make medical waste a nonmailable matter. Provides that such waste shall not be carried or delivered by the Postal Service unless it is: (1) mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested; (2) addressed to a treatment or disposal facility in the same State as the hospital or other source of its origin; and (3) sorted, packaged, labeled, and prepared in accordance with Postal Service requirements. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.…
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