Requirements for generators of regulated medical waste

§ 1389-bb. Requirements for generators of regulated medical waste. 1. All the requirements of this title shall apply to hospitals as defined in subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter and to residential health care facilities as defined in subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter and clinical laboratories as defined in section five hundred seventy-one of this chapter.

2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing standards which shall be applicable to generators of regulated medical waste, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements respecting:

(a) Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the quantities of such regulated medical waste produced and the disposition thereof;

(b) Compliance with the marking, labeling and packaging requirements pursuant to section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-cc of this title;

(c) Compliance with the tracking system pursuant to section 27-1504 of the environmental conservation law; and

(d) Submission of an annual report to the commissioner of environmental conservation, and additional reports at such times as the said commissioner deems necessary, on such forms as the said commissioner shall prescribe, respecting the quantities of regulated medical waste produced during a specified time period, and the disposition thereof.