§ 27-1501 — Definitions

§ 27-1501. Definitions.\n 1. "Regulated medical waste" shall mean regulated medical waste as\ndefined pursuant to section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-aa of the\npublic health law and regulations promulgated thereunder, provided,\nhowever, that "regulated medical waste" shall not include any hazardous\nwaste identified or listed pursuant to section 27-0903 of this article,\nor any household waste as defined in regulations promulgated under such\nsection.\n 2. "Person" shall mean an individual, trust, firm, joint stock\ncompany, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership,\nassociation, state or federal government and any agency thereof,\nmunicipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, or any\ninterstate body.\n 3. "Storage" shall mean the containment of regulated medical waste in\nsuch a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste.\n 4. "Transport" shall mean the movement of regulated medical waste from\nthe point of generation to any intermediate points and finally to the\npoint of ultimate disposal. For the purposes of this title, the point of\ngeneration with regard to facilities that are generator's of regulated\nmedical waste shall be the point at which the regulated medical waste\nleaves the generator's facility site.\n 5. "Treatment" shall mean any method, technique or process designed to\nchange the character or composition of any regulated medical waste so as\nto either neutralize such waste or to render such waste not infectious\nas approved by the commissioner of health pursuant to section thirteen\nhundred eighty-nine-dd of the public health law.\n 7. "Ownership" shall mean the possession of equity in the capital, the\nstock or the profits of an entity transporting regulated medical waste,\nincluding, but not limited to, property in or title to a vehicle or\nvessel or any exclusive lease or bailment of a motor vehicle for a\nperiod of greater than thirty days.\n 8. "Indirect ownership" shall mean an ownership interest in an entity\nthat has an ownership interest in an entity transporting regulated\nmedical waste.\n 9. "Substantial interest" shall mean ownership or indirect ownership\nof ten per centum or more.\n 11. "Infectious agents" shall be limited to those organisms that cause\ndisease or an adverse health impact to humans.\n