New York Laws
Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste
27-1504 - Regulated Medical Waste Tracking Program.

1. The commissioner shall promulgate new regulations or amend existing
regulations establishing a program for the tracking of the regulated
medical waste which is generated in this state. Such regulations shall
not be subject to the requirements of subdivision 2 of section 3-0301 of
this chapter.

2. Such program shall:

a. Provide for tracking of the transportation of the waste from the
generator to the disposal facility, except that waste that is treated
need not be tracked after treatment;

b. Include a system for providing the generator of the waste with
assurance that the waste was treated or received by the disposal
facility; and

c. Use a uniform form for tracking provided that different forms may
be required for generators of differing quantities of medical waste.