§ 23-19.12-5 - Medical waste tracking form.
SECTION 23-19.12-5
§ 23-19.12-5 Medical waste tracking form.– (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or legal entity to transport regulatedmedical waste from any person or legal entity within the state without amedical waste tracking form prepared and maintained in conformity with anyrequirements that the director by regulation may adopt. Generators of smallquantities of regulated medical waste are exempt from the requirement to usemedical waste tracking forms if they generate less than fifty (50) pounds ofregulated medical waste in a calendar month and:
(1) The regulated medical waste is transported to a healthcare facility, an intermediate handler, or a destination facility with whichthe generator has a written agreement to accept the regulated medical waste; orthe generator is transporting the regulated medical waste from the originalgeneration point to the generator's place of business. Small quantitygenerators who transport regulated medical waste between satellite facilitiesmust apply for a variance from the department of environmental management,division of air and hazardous materials, as per the rules and regulations forsolid waste management facilities. Small quantity generators in the samebuilding may share a common storage facility within the building (before thewaste is transported off-site), without applying for a variance; and
(2) The regulated medical waste is transported by thegenerator, or an authorized employee, in a vehicle owned by the generator orauthorized employee (NOTE: Owned vehicle means a vehicle which is owned by orregistered to the generator or employee or is under lease by the generator orauthorized employee for a minimum of thirty (30) days); and
(3) The generator shall compile a shipment log and maintainrecords as required in § 23-19.12-6.
(4) The generator submits semiannual reports to the director.
These reports shall include:
(A) Name of generator (company name);
(B) Address of generator;
(C) Contact person;
(D) Telephone number;
(E) Generator type (hospital, laboratory, clinic, physician,veterinarian, long-term or residential health care facility, blood bank,mortician, other (specify type));
(F) Quantity (by weight) of treated and untreated regulatedmedical waste transported off-site, during the reporting period, for which amedical waste tracking form was not used;
(G) Name and address of facility to which medical waste wastransported.
(ii) These reports shall be submitted to the director for theperiods of January 1 to June 30 and July 1 to December 31 of each year.
(iii) These reports must be received by the director withinforty-five (45) days of the end of the reporting period.
(b) Any generators transporting between satellite facilitiesare exempt from using the medical waste tracking form provided they meet all ofthe following conditions:
(1) The regulated medical waste is transported by thegenerator, or the generator's authorized employee, in a vehicle owned by thegenerator or the employee; (NOTE: Owned vehicle means a vehicle which is ownedby or registered to the generator or employee or is under lease by thegenerator or authorized employee for a minimum of thirty (30) days); and
(2) The regulated medical waste is brought to a centralcollection point or treatment facility owned or operated by the generator.Other generators (those who generate and transport or offer for transportationmore than fifty (50) pounds of regulated medical waste in a calendar month)with multiple locations must apply for a license or variance from DEM, divisionof air and hazardous materials, as per and any applicable sections of the rulesand regulations for solid waste management facilities; and
(3) The original generation point and the central collectionpoint or treatment facility are located in the state of Rhode Island; and
(4) The generator compiles and maintains a shipment log ateach generation point and each central collection and each central collectionpoint as required by § 23-19.12-6.