N.Y. Public Health Law § 1389-bb: Requirements for generators of regulated medical waste

§ 1389-bb. Requirements for generators of regulated medical waste. 1.

All the requirements of this title shall apply to hospitals as defined

in subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter

and to residential health care facilities as defined in subdivision

three of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter and clinical

laboratories as defined in section five hundred seventy-one of this

chapter.

2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing

standards which shall be applicable to generators of regulated medical

waste, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment.

Such standards shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements

respecting:

(a) Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the quantities of

such regulated medical waste produced and the disposition thereof;

(b) Compliance with the marking, labeling and packaging requirements

pursuant to section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-cc of this title;

(c) Compliance with the tracking system pursuant to section 27-1504 of

the environmental conservation law; and

(d) Submission of an annual report to the commissioner of

environmental conservation, and additional reports at such times as the

said commissioner deems necessary, on such forms as the said

commissioner shall prescribe, respecting the quantities of regulated

medical waste produced during a specified time period, and the

disposition thereof.