가정발생 폐의약품의 처리방안에 관한 입법론적 연구

Abstract

The pharmaceutical compounds of medicine particularly have physiological activation even in their low concentration condition. Therefore, there is the possibility that the pharmaceutical compounds brought into the ecosystem cause the negative effect with low concentration condition. Also, it probably returns to the human being as a boomerang effect. The one of many ways in which pharmaceutical compounds are being brought into the ecosystem is by the ‘disposal medicine from home’. Therefore, it is essential to monitor it. From the 90's, many countries of the world have already had their own special methods for discharge and disposal of the ‘disposal medicine from home’ but, Korea has not, which means the ‘disposal medicine from home’ is treated such as common waste from home. In order to solve this problem, the Department of the Environment conducted the campaign for the collection and disposal of ‘disposal medicine from home’, but it was ineffectual because it relied on not legal binding force but spontaneous participation. The root cause of these problems is that the current Wastes Control Act doesn't prescribe the duty of separating ‘disposal medicine from home’. The proposal of legislation is as follows. First, it is required to designate ‘disposal medicine from home’ as the specified waste separated from common waste and prescribe duty on every home concerning separating it at the same time. Second, it is necessary to make pharmacies the place for separating ‘disposal medicine from home’ and impose duty on them about it. Lastly, it is imperative to impose obligations on a local government head regarding making the plans for the disposal process of ‘disposal medicine from home’ and implementing it.