Section NR 526.055 - Trace chemotherapy waste(1) SOURCE SEPARATION.(a) No person may mix trace chemotherapy waste in the same bag or waste receptacle with infectious waste or with non-hazardous solid waste, unless mixing the wastes is necessary to protect the health or safety of patients, employees or other persons.(b) If infectious waste or non-hazardous solid waste is mixed with trace chemotherapy waste, the mixture shall be managed according to subs. (2) and (3).(c) If trace chemotherapy waste is mixed with other chemotherapy waste, the mixture shall be managed according to chs. NR 660 to 670.(2) CONTAINMENT. No person may transport trace chemotherapy waste from the property where the waste was generated unless the person puts the waste in a container which protects waste handlers and other persons from exposure to the trace chemotherapy waste and all of the following requirements are met: (a) Hard trace chemotherapy waste, including but not limited to syringes, drug dispensing devices and broken or empty chemotherapy drug vials, shall be contained in rigid, puncture-resistant labeled plastic containers designed to prevent the loss of the contents and labeled with the visible words "Trace chemotherapy waste" and "Incinerate only".(b) Soft chemotherapy waste, including but not limited to gloves, disposable gowns, towels, empty intravenous solution bags and empty tubing, may be contained in containers meeting the requirements of par. (a) or in a bag meeting the requirements of s. NR 526.07 (2) (a) and (b). Note: "Empty" has the meaning in s. NR 661.0007.
(3) TREATMENT. Trace chemotherapy waste shall be treated by incineration or other method approved by the department. An incinerator used to treat trace chemotherapy waste may be one of the following: (a) An incinerator regulated by the department under s. NR 502.09 or 502.13 or regulated by another state as an incinerator that burns medical waste.(b) An incinerator regulated by the department under chs. NR 664 and 665 or regulated by another state as an incinerator that burns hazardous waste.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources § NR 526.055
CR 05-020: cr. Register January 2006 No. 601, eff. 2-1-05; correction in (1) (c), (3) (b) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register April 2013 No. 688.Amended by, correction in (intro.) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8/1/2022.The NIOSH "Hazardous Drug Alert" lists hazardous drugs, including chemotherapy drugs, by name and gives guidance on containment, labeling, handling, storage and disposal.