2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1513 - Requirements for Regulated Medical Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility.

§ 27-1513. Requirements  for  regulated medical waste treatment, storage
and disposal facility.
1. Any person who operates a facility for the  treatment,  storage  or
disposal  of  regulated medical waste shall have a valid and appropriate
solid waste management facility permit issued by the department;  except
that  a solid waste management facility permit shall not be required for
operation of an on-site facility that  is  operated  by  a  health  care
facility  licensed pursuant to the public health law that is utilized to
treat, store or dispose of regulated medical waste of  the  health  care
facility  or of other generators of regulated medical waste, pursuant to
written agreements with or among such other  generators  that  shall  be
filed with the department of health and the department.
2.  The  operator  of  any facility used for the treatment, storage or
disposal of regulated medical waste  not  in  a  category  specified  in
subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall  have  and shall adhere to an
operation plan for the handling and disposal of regulated medical  waste
approved  by  the  department.  The  operation  plan  shall  include the
following:
a. A method of receiving wastes which ensures that  regulated  medical
wastes  are  handled  separately  from  other  wastes until treatment or
disposal is accomplished and which prevents  unauthorized  persons  from
having access to or contact with the waste.
b.  A  method  of unloading and processing of regulated medical wastes
which limits the number of persons handling the wastes and minimizes the
possibility of exposure of employees and the public  using  or  visiting
the facility to regulated medical waste.
c.  A  method  of  decontaminating  emptied reusable regulated medical
waste containers, transport vehicles or  facility  equipment  which  are
known or believed to be contaminated with regulated medical waste.
d.  The  provision  and  required  use  of gloves and other protective
clothing as shall be required by the department.
e. The means of  decontamination  of  any  person  having  had  bodily
contact with regulated medical waste while transporting the waste to the
treatment  or  disposal site or while handling or disposing of the waste
at the site.
f. A quantification of the maximum amount of regulated  medical  waste
to be treated, stored, or disposed of per month.
3.  A new or revised operation plan for treatment, storage or disposal
of regulated medical waste  shall  be  prepared  whenever  there  is  an
increase  of  more  than  twenty-five percent in the maximum quantity of
regulated medical waste receiving treatment,  storage  or  disposal  per
month  by the facility or when changes are otherwise made in an existing
operation plan.
4. Approval for acceptance of regulated medical waste at a  treatment,
storage  or  disposal  facility  may  be withdrawn by the department for
noncompliance with the operation plan.
5. As a condition of approval for such permit, any person who operates
a facility for the treatment, storage and disposal of regulated  medical
waste shall provide:
(a)  proof  of liability insurance or other form of financial security
deemed sufficient by the commissioner to meet  all  responsibilities  in
case of release of such waste causing damage; and
(b)  certification  that  such  activities conform with existing local
zoning laws or ordinances.