A written agreement with a processing facility for incineration shall be attached to the plan. At the incineration facility, infectious waste may not be stored together with other kinds of waste. It shall be burnt without delay. The National Board of Health and Welfare can notify exemptions from these regulations in particular cases. This regulation comes into force on 1 May 2000.
Regulations are binding rules.
Guidelines include recommendations on how a statutory provision can or should be applied and do not exclude other methods of reaching the objectives intended in the statutory provision. The National Board of Health and Welfare publishes an annual list of current provisions and guidelines on dangerous waste in the health and medical services.