New York Environmental Conservation Law Title 15 - STORAGE, TREATMENT, DISPOSAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE

• 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...
• 27-1503 - Applicability.
  It is the purpose of this title to regulate the transportation of regulated medical waste in a uniform manner throughout the state. All the requirements...
• 27-1504 - Regulated Medical Waste Tracking Program.
  1. The commissioner shall promulgate new regulations or amend existing regulations establishing a program for the tracking of the regulated medical waste which is generated...
• 27-1505 - Storage and Containment of Regulated Medical Waste.
  1. Containment of regulated medical waste shall be in a manner and location which affords protection from the environment and limits exposure to the public....
• 27-1507 - Treatment and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste.
  1. Treatment or disposal of regulated medical waste shall be by one of the following methods: a. By incineration in a regulated medical waste incineration...
• 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...
• 27-1510 - Standards Applicable to Generators of Regulated Medical Waste.
  1. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing standards which shall be applicable to all generators of any quantity of regulated medical waste, as may be...
• 27-1511 - Standards Applicable to Transporter of Regulated Medical Waste.
  1. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing such standards as shall be applicable to transporters of regulated medical waste identified or listed under this title,...
• 27-1513 - Requirements for Regulated Medical Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility.
  1. Any person who operates a facility for the treatment, storage or disposal of regulated medical waste shall have a valid and appropriate solid waste...
• 27-1515 - Rules and Regulations.
  The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations in conformity with the standards for storage, containment, transportation and disposal of regulated medical waste, pursuant to the...
• 27-1517 - Permits for Storage, Transportation, Treatment or Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste.
  1. In order to assure that permits authorizing the storage, transportation, treatment or disposal of regulated medical waste are not issued to or held by...
• 27-1519 - Pilot Projects.
  The commissioner shall cooperate with the commissioner of health to develop pilot projects pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 1389-dd of the public health law...

Last modified: February 3, 2019