The article deals with issues related to the clarification of the relevant special-purpose waste place in legal regulation system, including waste production and consumption, as well as sanitary and epidemiological well-being and public health. The authors examine the status and prospects of medical waste legislative regulation, especially during the coronavirus taking into account legal security and potential risk reduction of such waste at the individual State level and the world community as a whole. The article analyzes the main legal aspects of public health policy in relation to medical waste. In particular, the main criteria for separate legal regulation of special-purpose waste have been established from the standpoint of different health risk levels, sanitary and epidemiological condition. The degree of medical waste legal strategy is determined as not a clear one; focusing simultaneously on numerous waste classifications taken from the activities of medical and healthcare facilities. It should be noted that medical waste legal strategy is characterized by a number of gaps and shortcomings including the preservation of real and potential danger to the health of citizens which are in contact with such waste. The research has formulated practical proposals to improve the Russian Federation current legislation in medical waste legal status regulation.
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