Legal Documents of White Pine

Pursuant to the guidelines set forth in Technical Memorandum SW-88-1 of the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment, Division of Solid Waste, all discarded and used hypodermic needles and syringes must be securely packaged in puncture proof containers before discarding.

Anyone disposing of hypodermic needles and syringes improperly and causing injury to another individual, shall be held financially responsible for all such medical costs incurred by the injured person or his heirs, administrators, executors, guardians or assigns.

Anyone improperly disposing of such hypodermic needles or syringes in their curbside garbage containers will have their weekly garbage pick-up suspended.

Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less that two dollars ($2.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense. (1978 Code, § 8-110, as renumbered by Ord. #12-04, Nov. 2004)