SJR78 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Feb 25, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve French
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Linda Coleman-Madison Priscilla Dunn Arthur Orr Wendell Mitchell Phil Poole Larry Dixon Scott Beason Vivian Davis Figures Henry Eugene “Hank” Erwin Jr.T.D. “Ted” Little Roger Bedford, Jr.J.T. Waggoner Del Marsh Ben H. Brooks Zeb Little Paul Sanford Rusty Glover Bobby Denton Quinton Ross Harri Anne Smith
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Home generated medical sharps, educational program for safe disposal of, established
Summary: SJR78 creates an educational program for the safe disposal of home-generated medical sharps and directs state agencies and organizations to educate Alabama residents.
What This Bill Does
It calls for collaboration among the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Department of Environmental Management, and various associations to educate the public about safe sharps disposal. It requires pharmacies to provide educational materials at the point of sale and to label sharps containers with a Do Not Recycle notice. It directs health departments to display these materials statewide and asks solid waste services to share information quarterly, with a completion deadline of January 1, 2011.

Who It Affects
Alabama residents who use home-generated sharps, who would receive educational materials and guidance on proper disposal.
Local pharmacies that sell sharps, which must provide materials to customers and include the Do Not Recycle legend on packaging or pharmacist notes.
Solid waste transportation and disposal services, which must provide educational information to customers at least quarterly.
County public health departments, which must display and provide educational materials statewide.
Licensed medical waste collectors and the Department of Environmental Management, which must collaborate to educate the public.
Professional and patient associations (e.g., Home Health Care Association of Alabama, American Diabetes Association of Alabama, Alabama Pharmacy Association) and their members/clients, which should receive materials and have access to information on websites.

Key Provisions
Establish an educational program for the safe disposal of home-generated sharps.
Direct and urge state agencies and associations to collaborate to educate the public.
Urge local pharmacies to provide materials at the point of sale and add a Do Not Recycle legend to sharps containers.
Urge solid waste transport and disposal services to provide educational information to customers at least quarterly.
Direct the Department of Public Health to display and make materials available in all county public health departments.
Direct the Department of Environmental Management to collaborate with licensed medical waste collectors to educate the public or disseminate information through its program.
Urge the Home Health Care Association of Alabama to distribute materials to members annually.
Urge the American Diabetes Association of Alabama to distribute materials to members annually.
Urge each listed entity to make copies of the materials available on its website.
Complete these tasks no later than January 1, 2011.

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Subjects: Resolutions, Legislative