§ 16-41-16-8 — Rules

Indiana § 16-41-16-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 41: PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE
• Ch. 16: Communicable Disease: Treatment of Infectious Waste

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(a) After consulting with an advisory
committee composed of representatives of persons or facilities that
handle infectious wastes, the state department shall adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter.
(b) The state department shall adopt rules under this section after
considering the guidelines of the following:
(1) United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) United States Centers for Disease Control.
(3) United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(4) State department of labor.
(5) State department of environmental management.
(c) The state department shall adopt rules under this section that
establish an alternative to 410 IAC 1-3-28 to allow a person or facility
that transports infectious waste offsite to label each container of
infectious waste in a manner that:
(1) does not specifically identify the generating facility or
treatment facility; and
(2) ensures that the identity of the generating facility or treatment
facility may be readily obtained based on the label information.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.7-8.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.128-1997, SEC.9.