N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-1509: Transfer of regulated medical waste to off-site treatment and disposal facilities

§ 27-1509. Transfer of regulated medical waste to off-site treatment and

disposal facilities.

1. No person shall transport regulated medical waste unless permitted

as a regulated medical waste transporter by the department.

2. Vehicles transporting more than fifty pounds of regulated medical

waste shall be identified on each side and the back of the vehicle with

the name or trademark of the transporter and with conspicuously

displayed signs or decals with the word "infectious" or the words

"regulated medical waste".

a. Regulated medical waste shall be transported to an off-site

treatment or disposal facility in a leakproof, fully enclosed container

or vehicle compartment.

b. Regulated medical waste shall not be transported in the same

vehicle with other waste unless the regulated medical waste is

separately contained in rigid reusable containers or kept separate by

barriers from other waste, or unless all of the waste is to be treated

or disposed of as regulated medical waste in accordance with the

requirements of this title.

c. Regulated medical waste shall be delivered for treatment or

disposal only to a facility to which delivery of such waste is

authorized pursuant to this article.

d. Persons manually loading or unloading containers of regulated

medical waste on or from transport vehicles shall be provided by their

employer with, and shall be required to wear, protective gloves and

other protective clothing as may be required by the department.

e. Surfaces of transport vehicles that have contacted spilled or

leaked regulated medical waste shall be decontaminated by procedures

approved by the commissioner of health.