About That Safer Needle Bill

Last week we referred to Carole Migden's safer needle bill, which the governor signed, as AB 1209. NOT. It is AB 1208, Ch. 999 of the Statutes of 1998. It will add new section 144.7 to the Labor Code.AB 1208 has four principal sections. The first, (a), directs the Cal-OSH Standards Board, no later than January 15, 1999, to adopt an emergency regulation revising Title 8 5193, the bloodborne pathogens standard, in accordance with subsection (b), and to formally adopt the revision no later