§ 23-19.12-5. Medical waste tracking form.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or legal entity to transport regulated medical
waste from any person or legal entity within the state without a medical waste tracking
form prepared and maintained in conformity with any requirements that the director
by regulation may adopt. Generators of small quantities of regulated medical waste
are exempt from the requirement to use medical waste tracking forms if they generate
less than fifty (50) pounds of regulated medical waste in a calendar month and:
(1) The regulated medical waste is transported to a health care facility, an intermediate
handler, or a destination facility with which the generator has a written agreement
to accept the regulated medical waste; or the generator is transporting the regulated
medical waste from the original generation point to the generator's place of business.
Small quantity generators who transport regulated medical waste between satellite
facilities must apply for a variance from the department of environmental management,
division of air and hazardous materials, as per the rules and regulations for solid
waste management facilities. Small quantity generators in the same building may share
a common storage facility within the building (before the waste is transported off-site),
without applying for a variance; and
(2) The regulated medical waste is transported by the generator, or an authorized employee,
in a vehicle owned by the generator or authorized employee (NOTE: Owned vehicle means
a vehicle which is owned by or registered to the generator or employee or is under
lease by the generator or authorized employee for a minimum of thirty (30) days);
and
(3) The generator shall compile a shipment log and maintain records as required in §â€‚23-19.12-6.
(4)(i) The generator submits semiannual reports to the director.
These reports shall include:
(A) Name of generator (company name);
(B) Address of generator;
(C) Contact person;
(D) Telephone number;
(E) Generator type (hospital, laboratory, clinic, physician, veterinarian, long-term or
residential health care facility, blood bank, mortician, other (specify type));
(F) Quantity (by weight) of treated and untreated regulated medical waste transported
off-site, during the reporting period, for which a medical waste tracking form was
not used;
(G) Name and address of facility to which medical waste was transported.
(ii) These reports shall be submitted to the director for the periods of January 1 to June
30 and July 1 to December 31 of each year.
(iii) These reports must be received by the director within forty-five (45) days of the
end of the reporting period.
(b) Any generators transporting between satellite facilities are exempt from using the
medical waste tracking form provided they meet all of the following conditions:
(1) The regulated medical waste is transported by the generator, or the generator's authorized
employee, in a vehicle owned by the generator or the employee; (NOTE: Owned vehicle
means a vehicle which is owned by or registered to the generator or employee or is
under lease by the generator or authorized employee for a minimum of thirty (30) days);
and
(2) The regulated medical waste is brought to a central collection point or treatment
facility owned or operated by the generator. Other generators (those who generate
and transport or offer for transportation more than fifty (50) pounds of regulated
medical waste in a calendar month) with multiple locations must apply for a license
or variance from DEM, division of air and hazardous materials, as per and any applicable
sections of the rules and regulations for solid waste management facilities; and
(3) The original generation point and the central collection point or treatment facility
are located in the state of Rhode Island; and
(4) The generator compiles and maintains a shipment log at each generation point and each
central collection and each central collection point as required by §â€‚23-19.12-6.