La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XXVII-1501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section XXVII-1501 - General Provisions [formerly paragraph 27:027]

A. [Formerly paragraph 27:027-1] A generator may store its own potentially infectious biomedical wastes without a separate permit as otherwise required in this Section, but must fully comply with all other provisions of this Section.

B. [Formerly paragraph 27:027-2] Any generator operating its own incinerator or any other person operating a storage or treatment facility shall secure a permit from the state health officer by submitting each of the following.

1. A completed and signed permit application form provided by the state health officer. The forms shall contain the following:

a. a statement certifying that the permittee understands and will comply with the applicable requirements of this Chapter; and

b. proof of all appropriate permits as required by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and other state and federal agencies;

c. written arrangements between the storage and treatment facility and transporters which specify that both parties fully understand and are fully committed to compliance with the provisions of these regulations.

2. An operation plan for the management of potentially infectious biomedical waste. The operation plan shall include the following:

a. methods of receiving wastes, unloading, storing and processing them, which ensure that all requirements specified in §303. A H, 901, 1101, and 1301 are fully addressed;

b. a proposed method of decontaminating emptied reusable potentially infectious biomedical waste containers, transport vehicles and facility equipment which are known or believed to have been contaminated with potentially infectious biomedical waste;

c. the provision and required use of protective gloves and uniforms to protect employees against exposure to potentially infectious biomedical waste. Soiled protective gear shall be laundered or otherwise appropriately treated;

d. the management of any person having had bodily contact with potentially infectious biomedical waste.

C.Section 1501 shall not apply to municipal and other sewage treatment facilities permitted in accordance with Part XIII.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XXVII-1501

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1454 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(2)(b) and R.S. 40:5.