Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 32 - Disposal of Commercial Medical Waste

• § 20-32-101 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Commercial medical waste" means any medical waste transported from a generator to an off-site disposal facility when the...
• § 20-32-102 - On-Site Facility.
  A healthcare facility accepting medical waste for disposal from the physicians and surgeons who are on the staff of the healthcare facility shall be...
• § 20-32-103 - Penalties.
  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony. Upon conviction, that person shall be subject to...
• § 20-32-104 - Disposition of Fees and Fines.
  (a) All fees and fines levied and collected under §§ 20-32-103 and 20-32-107 are declared to be special revenues and shall be deposited into...
• § 20-32-105 - Authorization to Stop Vehicles Suspected of Transporting Commercial Medical Waste.
  (a) (1) The Department of Arkansas State Police and the enforcement officers of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas State Highway and...
• § 20-32-106 - Rules and Regulations.
  (a) The Department of Health may regulate the segregation, packaging, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of commercial medical waste from healthcare-related facilities.(b) These regulations...
• § 20-32-107 - License to Transport, Treat, or Dispose.
  (a) No person may transport, treat, or dispose of commercial medical waste without first obtaining an operating license from the Department of Health.(b) The...
• § 20-32-108 - Applications -- Procedure Generally.
  (a) This section shall not apply to commercial medical waste incineration facilities which are required to comply with the provisions for obtaining a permit...
• § 20-32-109 - Location Requirements.
  No applications shall be accepted nor shall permits be issued pursuant to § 20-32-108 by the Department of Health for the construction or operation...
• § 20-32-110 - Transportation Requirements.
  (a) No operational licenses shall be issued to any transporter of commercial medical waste unless that transporter shows evidence that: (1) Each vehicle used...
• § 20-32-111 - Scope of Authority.
  Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the authority of cities and counties to enact zoning regulations or procedures that control the...
• § 20-32-112 - Violations -- Penalties.
  (a) Any person or carrier, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, while operating any vehicle transporting medical waste or which is authorized...

Last modified: November 15, 2016