Medical Waste Tracking Act

Medical Waste Tracking Act
Other short titles	Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendment
Long title	An Act to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations on the management of infectious waste.
Acronyms (colloquial)	MWTA, IWRA
Nicknames	Infectious Waste Regulation Act of 1987
Enacted by	the 100th United States Congress
Effective	November 1, 1988
Citations
Public law	100-582
Statutes at Large	102 Stat. 2950
Codification
Titles amended	42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created	42 U.S.C. ch. 82, subch. X § 6992 et seq.
U.S.C. sections amended	42 U.S.C. ch. 82, subch. I § 6901 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 3515 by Thomas Luken (D–OH) on October 20, 1987; Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce; Passed the House on October 6, 1988 (390-28); Passed the Senate on October 7, 1988 (passed voice vote) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on October 12, 1988 (agreed voice vote); Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 1, 1988;

The Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 was a United States federal law concerning the illegal dumping of body tissues, blood wastes and other contaminated biological materials. It established heavy penalties for knowingly endangering life through noncompliance. The law expired in 1991.