Utah Admin. Code R315-266-504 - Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals - Healthcare Facilities T hat A re Very Small Quantity Generators for Both Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Non-Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste That Are Not Operating Under Sections R315-266-500 Through R315-266-510
(a) Potentially
creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility that is a
very small quantity generator for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and
non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste may send its potentially creditable
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a reverse distributor.
(b) Off-site collection of hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals generated by a healthcare facility that is a very small
quantity generator. A healthcare facility that is a very small quantity
generator for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical
hazardous waste may send its hazardous waste pharmaceuticals off-site to
another generator, provided:
(1) the receiving
healthcare facility meets the conditions in Subsections
R315-266-502(l)
and R315-266-503(b),
as applicable; or
(2) the very
small quantity generator healthcare facility meets the conditions in Subsection
R315-262-14(a)(5)(viii)
and the receiving large quantity generator meets the conditions in Subsection
R315-262-17(f).
(c) Long-term care facilities that are very
small quantity generators. A long-term care facility that is a very small
quantity generator for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and
non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste may dispose of its hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals, excluding contaminated personal protective equipment or
clean-up materials, in an on-site collection receptacle of an authorized
collector, as defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration, that is
registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration provided the contents are
collected, stored, transported, destroyed and disposed of in compliance with
applicable Drug Enforcement Administration regulations for controlled
substances.
(d) Long-term care
facilities with 20 beds or fewer. A long-term care facility with 20 beds or
fewer is presumed to be a very small quantity generator subject to Section
R315-262-14 for both hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste and not subject to
Sections R315-266-500 through
R315-266-510, except for
Sections R315-266-505 and
R315-266-507 and the other
optional requirements of Section
R315-266-504. The director has
the responsibility to demonstrate that a long-term care facility with 20 beds
or fewer generates quantities of hazardous waste that are in excess of the very
small quantity generator limits as defined in Section
R315-260-10. A long-term care
facility with more than 20 beds that operates as a very small quantity
generator under Section
R315-262-14 shall demonstrate
that it generates quantities of hazardous waste that are within the very small
quantity generator limits as defined by Section
R315-260-10.
Notes
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