Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part XXVII - Management of Refuse, Infectious Waste, Medical Waste, and Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste › Chapter 3 - Management of Infectious Waste, Medical Waste and Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste [formerly Chapter XXVII Part 2] › Section XXVII-303 - Requirements for Large Health Care and Medical Facility Generators of Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste [formerly paragraph 27:021]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. [Formerly paragraph 27:021-1] If
				potentially infectious biomedical waste is not segregated from other wastes at
				the point of origin, all wastes commingled with the potentially infectious
				biomedical waste must be managed as potentially infectious biomedical
				waste.
B. [Formerly paragraph
				27:021-2] Potentially infectious biomedical waste must be packaged as defined
				in §301. A Liquid wastes require sturdy, leak resistant containment. For
				sharps, this is to be a break resistant, rigid, puncture resistant container,
				the openings of which must be tightly closed prior to storage or transport.
				Plastic bags and other containers used for potentially infectious biomedical
				waste must be clearly labeled, impervious to moisture and have a strength
				sufficient to preclude ripping, tearing, or bursting under normal conditions of
				usage. Such containers must be securely closed so as to prevent leakage or
				other loss of contents during storage and transport. potentially infectious
				biomedical wastes to be stored outside prior to treatment require a second
				level of containment. The outer containers must be constructed of such material
				and in such a manner as to be strong, watertight, not easily corroded, and
				rodent and insect-proof.
C.
				[Formerly paragraph 27:021-3] Liquid or liquefied potentially infectious
				biomedical waste may be directly disposed into a sewage system meeting the
				requirements of Part XIII.
D.
				[Formerly paragraph 27:021-4] Animal cadavers, and tissue and waste from large
				animals (e.g., livestock and horses) that are potentially infectious to human
				hosts may be disposed of in accordance with Livestock Sanitary Board
				Regulations, or treated and disposed as potentially infectious biomedical
				waste. Cadavers, tissues and waste from companion animals (e.g., cats and dogs)
				that are potentially infectious to human hosts may be buried, rendered,
				incinerated or otherwise appropriately treated in accordance with these
				regulations by, or on the order of, a licensed veterinarian involved with the
				case.
E. [Formerly paragraph
				27:021-5] Very small quantities of human or animal tissue, reasonably estimated
				as less than 250 grams (about half a pound) and associated surgical dressings
				and non-sharp surgical wastes from clean surgical procedures from persons or
				animals not known or suspected to be infected with a disease communicable to
				humans, need not be disinfected prior to disposal, but must be disposed of in
				tightly closed plastic bags or other impervious containers.
F. [Formerly paragraph 27:021-6] Sharps shall
				be packaged as defined in §303. B Every sharps container shall be labeled as
				defined in §301. A and as specified in §303. G The contents of the container
				will be treated as specified in
				§1101 prior to disposal.
G. [Formerly paragraph 27:021-7] All bags and
				other containers of potentially infectious biomedical waste shall be labeled as
				defined in §301. A and as follows.
1. Each
				package shall be prominently identified as "Potentially Infectious Biomedical
				Waste," "Medical Waste," or "Infectious Waste," with or without the universal
				biohazard symbol.
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2.
				Untreated, potentially infectious biomedical waste that leaves the premises of
				the generator must bear the name and address of the generator or transporter.
				If not labeled as to generator, the transporter must maintain a tracking system
				that can identify the generator of every package of potentially infectious
				biomedical waste.
3. Treated, but
				still recognizable potentially infectious biomedical waste shall carry a
				supplemental label or marking to specify the treatment method used and the name
				or initials of the person responsible for assurance of treatment.