Existing law establishes a stewardship program, under which a manufacturer or distributor of covered drugs or sharps, or other entity defined to be covered, is required to establish and operate, either on its own or as part of a group of covered entities through membership in a stewardship organization, a stewardship program for covered drugs or for sharps, as applicable. Under existing law, a stewardship program for home-generated sharps is required to provide a mail-back program that, among others, provides or initiates distribution of a sharps container and mail-back materials at the point of sale, as provided.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would provide individuals with personal use pharmaceutical disposal systems.