N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-1501: Definitions

§ 27-1501. Definitions.

1. "Regulated medical waste" shall mean regulated medical waste as

defined pursuant to section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-aa of the

public health law and regulations promulgated thereunder, provided,

however, that "regulated medical waste" shall not include any hazardous

waste identified or listed pursuant to section 27-0903 of this article,

or any household waste as defined in regulations promulgated under such

section.

2. "Person" shall mean an individual, trust, firm, joint stock

company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership,

association, state or federal government and any agency thereof,

municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, or any

interstate body.

3. "Storage" shall mean the containment of regulated medical waste in

such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste.

4. "Transport" shall mean the movement of regulated medical waste from

the point of generation to any intermediate points and finally to the

point of ultimate disposal. For the purposes of this title, the point of

generation with regard to facilities that are generator's of regulated

medical waste shall be the point at which the regulated medical waste

leaves the generator's facility site.

5. "Treatment" shall mean any method, technique or process designed to

change the character or composition of any regulated medical waste so as

to either neutralize such waste or to render such waste not infectious

as approved by the commissioner of health pursuant to section thirteen

hundred eighty-nine-dd of the public health law.

7. "Ownership" shall mean the possession of equity in the capital, the

stock or the profits of an entity transporting regulated medical waste,

including, but not limited to, property in or title to a vehicle or

vessel or any exclusive lease or bailment of a motor vehicle for a

period of greater than thirty days.

8. "Indirect ownership" shall mean an ownership interest in an entity

that has an ownership interest in an entity transporting regulated

medical waste.

9. "Substantial interest" shall mean ownership or indirect ownership

of ten per centum or more.

11. "Infectious agents" shall be limited to those organisms that cause

disease or an adverse health impact to humans.