Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section 64-56-2 - Applicability; Exemptions; Enforcement2.1. Applicability. This rule applies to: any person who generates, handles, stores, transports, treats or disposes of infectious medical waste, or who proposes to do so, except as specified in Section 2.2. of this rule.
2.2. Exemptions. 2.2.a. Individual households in which infectious medical waste is generated by a member of the household during self health care or by the provision of health care services within the residence shall be exempt from the requirements of this rule, except that the householder shall place sharps in a container with a high degree of puncture resistance prior to discarding them.2.2.b. Ambulance or rescue services shall be exempt from the requirements of this rule, except that all infectious medical waste generated in an ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be packaged as required by Section 6.2 of this rule and delivered to a permitted infectious medical waste management facility.2.3. Enforcement. This rule is enforced by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources.