§ 13-4. Medical waste; disposal; penalties.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, dump, discard or throw any medical waste or hypodermic needles or syringes into or upon any public waterway, lake, bayou, or drainage canal, or body of water within the parish. For the purposes of this section, medical waste are those wastes resulting from the operation of medical clinics, hospitals abattoirs, and other facilities producing waste material from the treatment of illness, disease or injury of animals or humans, and which may consist of but are not limited to human and animal parts, contaminated bandages, pathological specimens, hypodermic needles, contaminated clothing, and surgical gloves.

(b)

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the parish prison for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. For the purposes of this section, each incident of disposal or dumping of waste shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 89-167, § 1, 9-28-89)