§ 23-19.12-10. License.
(a) No person or legal entity shall engage in the storage, treatment and/or destruction of regulated medical waste unless that person or legal entity has received a license issued by the director of the department of environmental management. This license is a special category of license issued to solid waste management facilities.
(b) However, storage by a generator before regulated medical waste is treated and/or destroyed on-site, or offered for transport does not constitute a practice requiring licensure under this section. Nor does the treatment and/or destruction of regulated medical waste by the generator of that waste constitute a practice requiring licensure under this section if the treatment and/or destruction is carried out at a generating facility owned and operated by the generator of the medical waste and if the treatment and/or destruction process does not include waste generated by any other person or legal entity.
History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 497, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 23-19.12-1. - Legislative findings.
Section 23-19.12-2. - Declaration of purpose.
Section 23-19.12-3. - Definitions.
Section 23-19.12-4. - Powers and duties of the director.
Section 23-19.12-5. - Medical waste tracking form.
Section 23-19.12-6. - Records.
Section 23-19.12-7. - Inspections.
Section 23-19.12-8. - Permits.
Section 23-19.12-9. - Application for permit.
Section 23-19.12-10. - License.
Section 23-19.12-11. - Application for license.
Section 23-19.12-12. - Registration for generators.
Section 23-19.12-13. - Denial or revoking of licenses.
Section 23-19.12-14. - Funding of the medical waste management program.
Section 23-19.12-15. - Civil or administrative penalties.
Section 23-19.12-17. - Supersedes existing infectious waste regulations.
Section 23-19.12-18. - Delegation of authority to conduct inspections.