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Public Health Rules in Boone County, KY (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Boone County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Syringe Disposal

Boone County's solid waste code treats discarded needles, syringes, scalpels and glass vials as infectious waste that cannot go out as ordinary trash. Anyone generating sharps must separate and label them at the point of use and pack them in closable, rigid, leakproof, puncture-resistant, color-coded containers before disposal.

Boone County Sharps & Syringe Disposal

Some Restrictions

Boone County Code § 50.015

(A) Separation and labeling of infectious waste (which may include red bagging, universal bio-hazard symbol) must be done at the point of generation. (B) All waste is to be managed such that the integrity of the packaging is preserved and that rapid microbial growth and putrefaction is inhibited; plastic bags should be tear-resistant, leak resistant and sturdy enough to withstand handling. ...

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