[Code 1943, § 1103.01]
Every person who shall sell, or offer for sale or deliver at wholesale from any automobile or other vehicle to any retail dealer, any tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and all peddlers of food and drink, excluding alcoholic beverages for human consumption shall be deemed a wholesale distributor and shall, for engaging in such business, obtain a license as a wholesale distributor as hereinafter provided.
[Code 1943, § 1103.02]
Every person who desires a license as a wholesale distributor shall make application in writing on a blank furnished by the Village Clerk setting out in such application the full name and residence of such applicant and shall also state in what kinds of food, drink, ice cream, candies, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and all articles of food for human consumption in which such wholesale distributor desires to or intends to deal. Upon receipt of such application and the payment by such applicant to the Village Clerk of a license fee as hereinafter provided, the clerk shall thereupon issue or cause to be issued to such applicant a license authorizing such applicant to engage in and carry on the business of a wholesale peddler of the kind described in the application.
[Ord. 91-22, 10-21-1991, § 1]
(a) 
Definitions. For purposes of this section:
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
An illness due to an infectious agent or its toxic products which is transmitted directly or indirectly to a well person from an infected person, animal, or arthropod, or through the agency of an intermediate host, vector, or the inanimate environment.
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT
Treatment that reduces the pathogenic qualities of the waste to a point where it is safe to handle. To be effective, the treatment must be designed for the waste in question and be carried out in a manner acceptable to the health officer. All infectious waste shall be treated and disposed of in compliance with all statutory rules and regulations applicable to the disposal of hospital waste pursuant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and its implementing regulations. The treatment may include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) 
Incineration.
(2) 
Steam sterilization (autoclaving).
(3) 
Chemical disinfection.
(4) 
Thermal inactivation.
(5) 
Irradiation.
HEALTH OFFICER
The commissioner of health of the Village or his authorized representative.
INFECTIOUS MEDICAL WASTE
Waste that is capable of transmitting a communicable disease.
(1) 
Infectious medical waste includes, but is not limited to the following:
(A) 
Pathological wastes (human tissues, blood, excreta, and secretions).
(B) 
Cultures.
(C) 
Used sharps.
(D) 
Infectious agent stock and associated biologicals.
(E) 
Human blood and blood products.
(F) 
Human body parts and contaminated disposable bedding, bandages and dressings.
(G) 
Wastes from surgery and autopsy.
(H) 
Contaminated animal carcasses, body parts, and bedding.
(2) 
Generators of infectious medical waste include all persons, firms or corporations whose act or procedures produce infectious medical waste. Examples of establishments generating infectious medical waste include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) 
Individuals who produce used sharps during self-treatment, or during the administration of health care to a family member in a person's residence.
(B) 
Hospitals.
(C) 
Doctors' and dentists' offices.
(D) 
Medical and diagnostic laboratories.
(E) 
Blood banks and plasma centers.
(F) 
Ambulatory surgical facilities.
(G) 
Long-term health care facilities.
(H) 
Research laboratories.
(I) 
Pharmaceutical facilities.
(J) 
Veterinary offices and hospitals.
(K) 
Clinics.
(L) 
Mortuaries.
(M) 
Animal quarantine facilities.
LIQUID INFECTIOUS WASTE
Liquid waste that is included with solid infectious waste for treatment and disposal. It does not include urine, wash water, and other liquids most properly disposed of via the sanitary sewer.
SECURE AREA
An area which may be indoors or outdoors. If indoors, it must not be accessible to the general public. If outdoors, the area must be locked.
SHARPS
Hypodermic and suture needles, syringes, scalpel blades, pipettes, lancets, guidewires, or other objects that could cut or penetrate the skin.
(b) 
All infectious waste shall be effectively treated before it is placed in an unsecured area.
(c) 
Infectious waste being stored prior to treatment or collection for subsequent treatment shall be kept in a secure area and properly identified as containing infectious waste.
(d) 
Storage time for infectious waste shall be short enough to prevent decomposition or production of noxious odors.
(e) 
Prior to being placed in a nonsecure area for transportation and disposal in an approved sanitary landfill or incinerator approved for infectious or medical hazardous waste, treated infectious waste shall be packaged in the following manner:
(1) 
Liquids shall be packaged in a leak-proof container before being bagged.
(2) 
Sharps shall be packaged in a puncture-resistant container which is taped closed or tightly enclosed to prevent loss of contents before being bagged. This requirement shall also apply to persons who use sharps during self-treatment.
(3) 
Such waste shall be placed in sealed, tear-resistant plastic bags identified by the universal biohazard symbol. The bags shall be thick enough to contain any spilled liquid infectious waste.
(4) 
Such waste shall be placed within a second properly identified bag or box if the treatment process destroyed the biohazard marking or reduced the structural integrity of the bag.