Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 140 - Waste and Materials Management › Subchapter 15 - Medical Waste › Part 1 - Medical Waste Regulations › Section 250-RICR-140-15-1.17 - Licenses for Storage, Treatment and/or Destruction of Regulated Medical Waste

Current through June 14, 2024
A. General
				  Requirements
1. No person or legal entity
				  shall engage in the storage, treatment and/or destruction of regulated medical
				  waste unless that person or entity shall have been issued a license by the
				  Director for that purpose.
2.
				  Notwithstanding the requirements of §
											1.17(A)(1)
				  of this Part:
a. The owner and/or operator of
				  a treatment, destruction, and/or disposal facility that is operating under a
				  solid waste management facility license, issued pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
												23-18.9-8 and the Rules and
				  Regulations for Solid Waste Management Facilities and Organic Waste Management
				  Facilities (Subchapter 05 Part 1 of this Chapter), for the current license year
				  during which these regulations take effect shall comply with this Section by
				  the next license renewal date.
b.
				  The owner and/or operator of a solid waste management facility which has a
				  solid waste management facility license, issued pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
												23-18.9-8 and the Rules and
				  Regulations for Solid Waste Management Facilities and Organic Waste Management
				  Facilities (Subchapter 05 Part 1 of this Chapter) shall have an additional
				  ninety (90) days beyond said expiration date to comply with the requirements of
				  this Section if there is less than six (6) months' time between the effective
				  date of these regulations and the expiration of said license.
c. The owner and/or operator of a solid waste
				  management facility which has applied for a solid waste management facility
				  license pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
												23-18.9-8 and the Rules and
				  Regulations for Solid Waste Management Facilities and Organic Waste Management
				  Facilities (Subchapter 05 Part 1 of this Chapter) but has not yet received a
				  license for the current license year during which these regulations take effect
				  shall have six (6) months from the effective date of these regulations to
				  comply.
3.
				  Notwithstanding the requirements of §
											1.17(A)(1)
				  of this Part, the following activities do not constitute practices requiring
				  licensure under this section:
a. Storage by a
				  generator before regulated medical waste is treated and/or destroyed on-site,
				  or offered for transport off-site; and,
b. Treatment and/or destruction of regulated
				  medical waste by the generator of that waste if the treatment and/or
				  destruction:
(1) Is carried out at a
				  generating facility owned and operated by the generator of the regulated
				  medical waste; and,
(2) Does not
				  include regulated medical waste generated by any other person or legal
				  entity.
4.
				  Upon approval by the Director, a license for the storage, treatment and/or
				  destruction of regulated medical waste shall expire three (3) years from the
				  date of issuance, unless sooner modified, suspended or revoked.
5. The holder of a license for the storage,
				  treatment and/or destruction of regulated medical waste shall notify the
				  Director, in writing, of any changes in the information provided with the
				  license application. Said notification shall be provided in advance whenever
				  possible. In no case shall the notification be postmarked later than five (5)
				  business days after the effective date of the change(s).
6. The requirements established by this
				  section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of any requirements
				  established by the Director pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 23-18.9 and
				  23-63, the Rules and Regulations for Solid Waste Management Facilities and
				  Organic Waste Management Facilities (Subchapter 05 Part 1 of this Chapter), or
				  other Rules and Regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by
				  these statutes.