The following definitions shall apply to this Chapter 8.30.
A. "Consumer" means an individual who has purchased sharps for personal use for humans or animals.
B. "Distributor" means a person who sells sharps to a retailer.
C. "Home-generated" means all sharps as defined in Section 8.30.020G. below derived from a household, including a multifamily residence, or a single family residence.
D. "Proper disposal" of home-generated sharps waste means disposal in compliance with the applicable provisions of the California Health and Safety Code by means of an approved/certified medical waste disposal company.
E. "Receptacle" means a rigid puncture-resistant container with a sealable lid approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of transporting sharps for disposal.
F. "Retailer" means any entity, including but not limited to, a person or business, of whatever form of organization, which sells to the general public sharps in the Visalia area to a consumer, including a manufacturer of sharps who sells sharps directly to a consumer.
G. "Sharps" means hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications, to humans or animals.
H. "Visalia area" means the geographic area that includes the boundaries of the City of Visalia, California. (Ord. 2014-08 § 1 (part), 2014)