Current through December 12, 2024
Section 444.00865 - Discard of needles, needle bars and grommets as medical waste; labeling and disposal of sharps containers; disposal of disposable razors and tubes as standard waste1. Needles, needle bars and grommets used during an invasive body decoration procedure are medical waste and must be discarded as a whole into an approved sharps container immediately upon completion of the procedure.2. Needle bars used during an invasive body decoration procedure must be disposed of in a sharps container in their entirety. The tip of a needle bar must not be removed from the needle bar.3. A sharps container must be labeled with the words "SHARPS WASTE" or "BIOHAZARD" and include the universal symbol for biohazards.4. A sharps container or its contents must be disposed of in accordance with section 93.5. If a reusable sharps container is used, it must be cleaned and disinfected before reuse.6. Disposable razors and tubes may be disposed of as standard waste.Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00865
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R112-16A, eff. 12/19/2017