Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 480.000 - Minimum Requirements For The Management Of Medical Or Biological Waste (state Sanitary Code Chapter Viii) › Section 480.425 - Tracking Medical or Biological Waste for Treatment

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(A) Waste generators, small-scale generators
			 and Sharps Collection Centers shall confirm within 30 days of shipment the
			 receipt at a treatment facility of all medical or biological waste shipped
			 off-site for treatment pursuant to
			 105 CMR
			 480.300. Confirmation shall be documented on
			 a paper or electronic medical waste tracking form, approved by the Department.
			 The medical waste tracking form must include all shipping paper information in
			 accordance with
			 105 CMR
			 480.400(B), as well as
			 documentation of the treatment facility name, address and telephone number with
			 a contact person who has knowledge about the waste material received or who has
			 immediate access to a person who possesses such knowledge. A completed copy of
			 the medical waste tracking form must be retained with the corresponding
			 shipping paper(s) and the record keeping log required by
			 105 CMR
			 480.500(B)  for a period of
			 375 days.
(B) If the waste
			 generator, small-scale generator or Sharps Collection Center does not receive a
			 hard copy or can not access for download an approved electronic copy of the
			 completed medical waste tracking form pursuant to 105 CMR 480.425(A) within 30
			 days after shipment, the waste generator, small-scale generator or Sharps
			 Collection Center shall report this fact to the Department.
(C) Small-scale generators and Sharps
			 Collection Centers conducting in-state transportation of their own medical or
			 biological waste to an affiliated generator, in accordance with
			 105 CMR
			 480.300(F), shall retain the
			 original shipping papers signed by the small-scale generator's or Sharps
			 Collection Center's designee and a designee from the affiliated generator
			 receiving the medical or biological waste, in
lieu
of a
			 medical waste tracking form, for a period of 375 days, pursuant to
			 105 CMR
			 480.400(C). In addition, the
			 small-scale generator or Sharps Collection Center shall document all applicable
			 information in the required record-keeping log for off-site treatment pursuant
			 to
			 105 CMR
			 480.500(B)(2)  and the
			 Department's Record-Keeping Guidelines for Medical or Biological Waste. The
			 "shipping paper" and "tracking form" boxes should be checked to reflect that
			 both provisions have been satisfied.
(D) Waste generators, small-scale generators,
			 and Sharps Collection Centers receiving medical or biological waste from
			 appropriate and affiliated small-scale generators, or Sharps Collection
			 Centers, shall:
(1) document all applicable
			 information in the required record-keeping log for off-site treatment, if it is
			 to be shipped off-site, pursuant to
			 105 CMR
			 480.500(B)(2), and the
			 Department's Record-Keeping Guidelines for Medical or Biological Waste, with a
			 separate entry dedicated to each delivery received. The "shipping paper,"
			 "tracking form" and "printed name / signature" boxes should remain blank until
			 such time as all of the waste is shipped off-site for treatment. The next
			 shipment for off-site treatment shall include all of the previous medical or
			 biological waste received from small-scale generators or Sharps Collection
			 Centers and any waste generated on-site since the last shipment.
(2) document all applicable information in
			 the required record-keeping log for on-site treatment, if it is to be treated
			 on-site, pursuant to
			 105 CMR
			 480.500(B)(1)(b),
			 105 CMR
			 480.500(B)(1)(c), and
			 105 CMR
			 480.500(B)(1)(g)(i), as well
			 as the Department's Record-Keeping Guidelines for Medical or Biological Waste,
			 with a separate entry dedicated to each delivery received. The remaining
			 information shall be documented at the time of treatment.