Any person who violates any provision of this act, which violation proximately results in the discharge of regulated medical waste into the waters or onto the land of this State, shall be strictly liable, jointly and severally, without regard to fault, for all costs, no matter by whom sustained, associated with the cleanup and removal of the regulated medical waste.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 13:1E-48.21
Strict liability
Known as the Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act
The act spans §§ 13:10-1 to 13:9C-4 (1,616 sections).
L. 1989, c. 34, s. 21.
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