Arizona Administrative Code
Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 13 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Article 14 - BIOHAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE AND DISCARDED DRUGS
Section R18-13-1419 - Medical Sharps
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 18-13-1419
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Medical sharps shall be handled as follows:
1. A
generator who treats biohazardous medical waste on site shall place medical
sharps in a sharps container after rendering them incapable of creating a stick
hazard by using an encapsulation agent or any other process that prevents a
stick hazard. Medical sharps encapsulated or processed in this manner are
considered to be solid waste.
2. A
generator who ships biohazardous medical waste off site for treatment shall
either:
a. Place medical sharps in a medical
sharps container and follow the requirements of
R18-13-1406,
or
b. Package and send medical
sharps to a treatment facility via a mail-back system as prescribed by the
instructions provided by the mail-back system operator. The generator shall
retain proof of shipping.
B. Notwithstanding subsections (A)(1) and (A)(2), the following syringes do not have to be placed in a medical sharps container:
1. Syringes that have never had a
needle (sharp) attached.
2.
Syringes where a needle or sharp had been attached and has been separated from
the syringe so that no stick or puncture hazard remains with the
syringe.
C. Syringes that are exempted by subsection (B) from being placed in a medical sharps container are not biohazardous medical waste, and may be treated as a solid waste, if they are not composed of biohazardous items listed in R18-13-1401(4) and do not contain discarded drugs or another regulated substance.
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