Ohio Admin. Code 3745-266-503 - Standards for healthcare facilities that manage potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals
(A)
Hazardous waste
determination for potentially creditable pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility
that generates a waste that is a potentially creditable pharmaceutical shall
determine whether the potentially creditable pharmaceutical is a potentially
creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical (i.e., listed in rules
3745-51-30 to
3745-51-35 of the Administrative
Code or exhibits a characteristic identified in rules
3745-51-20 to
3745-51-24 of the Administrative
Code). A healthcare facility may choose to manage the healthcare facility 's
potentially creditable non-hazardous waste pharmaceuticals as potentially
creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in accordance with rules
3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the
Administrative Code.
(B)
Accepting potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals from an off-site healthcare facility that is a very small
quantity generator. A healthcare facility may accept potentially creditable
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals from an off-site healthcare facility that is a
very small quantity generator in accordance with rule
3745-52-14 of the Administrative
Code, without a permit or without having a permit by rule, provided the
receiving healthcare facility meets all of the following:
(1)
Is under the
control of the same "person ," as defined in rule
3745-50-10 of the Administrative
Code, as the very small quantity generator healthcare facility that is sending
the potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals off-site, or has a
contractual or other documented business relationship whereby the receiving
healthcare facility supplies pharmaceuticals to the very small quantity
generator healthcare facility .
(2)
Is operating in
accordance with rules
3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the
Administrative Code for the management of the healthcare facility 's potentially
creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.
(3)
Manages the
potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that the healthcare
facility receives from off-site in compliance with rules
3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the
Administrative Code.
(4)
Keeps records of the potentially creditable hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals shipments the healthcare facility receives from off-site
for three years after the date that the shipment is received.
(C)
Prohibition. Healthcare facilities are prohibited from
sending hazardous wastes other than potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals to a reverse distributor .
(D)
Biennial
reporting by healthcare facilities. Healthcare facilities are not subject to
biennial reporting requirements in accordance with rule
3745-52-41 of the Administrative
Code with respect to potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals
managed in accordance with rules
3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the
Administrative Code.
(E)
Recordkeeping by healthcare facilities.
(1)
A healthcare
facility that initiates a shipment of potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals to a reverse distributor shall keep the following records
(paper or electronic) for each shipment of potentially creditable hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals for three years after the date of shipment:
(a)
The confirmation
of delivery.
(b)
The shipping papers prepared in accordance with 49
C.F.R. Part 172 subpart C, if applicable.
(2)
The periods of
retention referred to in this rule are extended automatically during the course
of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the regulated activity, or as
requested by the director .
(3)
All records shall
be readily available upon request by an inspector.
(F)
Response to
spills of potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals at healthcare
facilities. A healthcare facility shall immediately contain all spills of
potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and manage the spill
cleanup materials as non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in
accordance with rules
3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the
Administrative Code.
Notes
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: Exempt
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3734.12
Rule Amplifies: 3734.12
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