§ 20-32-106 — Rules

(a) The Department of Health may regulate the segregation, packaging, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of commercial medical waste from healthcare-related facilities. (b) These rules shall include: (1) Criteria for issuing operational licenses to treaters or disposers, and transporters of commercial medical waste; (2) Criteria for issuing permits and permit modifications to facilities; (3) Developing a system for recordkeeping by any person generating, transporting, receiving, treating, or disposing of commercial medical waste; (4) Acceptable methods of treatment and disposal of commercial medical waste; (5) Requirements for the segregation, packaging, and storage of commercial medical waste; (6) Criteria for the development of an operating plan for the handling and disposal of commercial medical waste; and (7) Requirements for the inspection of any facility generating, storing, incinerating, or disposing of commercial medical waste. (c) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2137, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1992 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 41, §§ 2, 7; 1993, No. 491, § 3; 1993, No. 861, § 3; 1997, No. 179, § 30.