Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-1420 - Additional Handling Requirements for Certain Wastes

A. A person who treats the following biohazardous medical waste categories shall meet the following additional requirements:

1. Cultures and stocks shall be incinerated, autoclaved, or treated by an alternative medical waste treatment method that meets the treatment standards set forth in R18-13-1415(A) . If cultures and stocks are shipped off site for treatment or disposal, they shall be packaged inside a watertight primary container with absorbent packing materials. The primary container shall be placed inside a watertight secondary inner container that is then placed inside an outer container with sufficient cushioning material to prevent shifting between the secondary inner container and the outer container. If federal or state law prescribes specific requirements for packaging and transporting this waste, the treater shall comply with that law.

2. Trace chemotherapy waste shall be incinerated or disposed of in either an approved solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility.

3. Experimental or research animal waste shall be handled as follows:

a. Autoclave bedding on site or package as described in R18-13-1407 for off-site treatment or landfilling.

b. Incinerate animal carcasses on site, or if taken off site for treatment, comply with one of the following requirements:

i. Package the waste in a leakproof, covered container, label the contents and send to an incinerator or a Department-approved landfill, or

ii. If treated by a method other than incineration, pre-process by grinding, then treat by a method that achieves the standards of R18-13-1415(A).

B. If a treater uses grinding in combination with another treatment method described in this Article, the treater shall conduct it in a closed system to prevent humans from being exposed to the release of the waste into the environment. If grinding is used for medical sharps, the grinding shall render the medical sharps incapable of creating a stick hazard.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-1420

New Section adopted by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 3776, effective September 17, 1999 (Supp. 99-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 2801, effective 1/4/2022.