N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-3A.31

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:26-3A.31 - Tracking form requirements for transporters

(a) A transporter shall not accept a shipment of regulated medical waste if the regulated medical waste is to be treated, transported, stored, transferred, destroyed, disposed of, or otherwise managed in New Jersey, unless it is accompanied by a medical waste tracking form available from the Department at the address listed at 7:26-3A.8(d) and completed in accordance with instructions provided by the Department and signed by the generator in accordance with the provisions of 7:26-3A.19. In the case where a transporter intends to deliver regulated medical waste generated in New Jersey to another state which supplies its own tracking form and requires its use, the transporter shall provide the generator with the form of that state to which the waste is to be sent.

(b) Before accepting for collection, transport or transporting any regulated medical waste, the transporter shall:

1. Certify that the tracking form accurately reflects the number of the packages being transported by signing and dating the tracking form acknowledging acceptance of the regulated medical waste from the generator; and

2. Return a signed "Copy 4--Generator Copy" of the tracking form to the generator before leaving the generator's site.

(c) Each transporter shall ensure that the tracking form accompanies the regulated medical waste while in transit.

(d) A transporter, upon delivery of the regulated medical waste to another transporter (including a transfer facility) or to an intermediate handler or destination facility located in the United States, shall:

1. Complete Boxes 17 through 22 of the tracking form and obtain the date of delivery and the handwritten signature of the transporter, or the owner or operator of the intermediate handling facility or destination facility on the tracking form;

2. Retain "Copy 3--Transporter Copy" of the signed tracking form in accordance with 7:26-3A.34; and

3. Give the remaining copies of the tracking form to the second transporter, intermediate handler, or destination facility.

4. Third and/or subsequent transporters shall enter information required of transporter 2 in Boxes 17 through 21 in Box 14b.

5. Photocopies of the signed tracking form shall be retained by the second and/or any subsequent transporter(s).

(e) Any transporter that transports regulated medical waste across an international border, or that delivers regulated medical waste to a transporter or treatment, destruction, or destination facility located in a foreign country (for example, Canada) shall:

1. Obtain the signature of the accepting foreign transporter or destination facility; or

2. Verify that the waste has been delivered to the next (foreign) transporter, or treatment, destruction or destination facility by writing a statement to that effect in Box 14, certifying that the entire shipment (as specified in Boxes 11, 12 and 13 of the tracking form) has been delivered to the next (foreign) party, including the accepting party's name, company name, and mailing address, and signing directly below that certification statement; and

3. Retain "Copy 3--Transporter Copy" of the signed tracking form for that transporter's records; and

4. Return all remaining copies of the tracking form by mail to the generator.

(f) For shipments involving rail transportation, the requirements of 7:26-3A.45 apply to rail transporters in lieu of the requirement of (b), (c) and (d) above.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-3A.31

Amended by R.1996 d.578, effective 12/16/1996.
See: 28 New Jersey Register 2114(a), 28 New Jersey Register 5248(a).
In (b)2, amended form reference; in (d)1, inserted text "Complete Boxes... form and"; in (d)2, amended form reference; added (d)4 and (d)5; rewrote (e)1; inserted new (e)2; and recodified (e)2 and (e)3 as (e)3 and (e)4; in (e)3 and (f), amended form references.