Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 1450 - PROCEDURES FOR OPERATION OF THE POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MEDICAL WASTE TRANSPORTER FEE SYSTEM
Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1450.100 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 1450.100
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
Except as stated in this Section, the definition of words or terms in this Part shall be the same as those used in the Act.
a) "Act" means the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5 ].
b) "Designated facility" means a facility that treats, stores, transfers or disposes of PIMW.
c) "Potentially infectious medical waste" or "PIMW" -
1) means the
following types of waste generated in connection with the diagnosis, treatment
(i.e., provision of medical services), or immunization of human beings or
animals; research pertaining to the provision of medical services; or the
production or testing of biologicals:
A)
Cultures and stocks. This waste shall include but not be limited to cultures
and stocks of agents infectious to humans, and associated biologicals; cultures
from medical or pathological laboratories; cultures and stocks of infectious
agents from research and industrial laboratories; wastes from the production of
biologicals; discarded live or attenuated vaccines; or culture dishes and
devices used to transfer, inoculate, or mix cultures.
B) Human pathological wastes. This waste
shall include tissue, organs, and body parts (except teeth and the contiguous
structures of bone and gum), body fluids that are removed during surgery,
autopsy, or other medical procedures; or specimens of body fluids and their
containers.
C) Human blood and
blood products. This waste shall include discarded human blood, blood
components (e.g., serum and plasma), or saturated material containing free
flowing blood or blood components.
D) Used sharps. This waste shall include but
not be limited to discarded sharps used in animal or human patient care,
medical research, or clinical or pharmaceutical laboratories; hypodermic,
intravenous, or other medical needles; hypodermic or intravenous syringes;
Pasteur pipettes; scalpel blades; or blood vials. This waste shall also include
but not be limited to other types of broken or unbroken glass (including slides
and cover slips) in contact with infectious agents.
E) Animal waste. Animal waste means discarded
materials, including carcasses, body parts, body fluids, blood, or bedding
originating from animals inoculated during research, production of biologicals,
or pharmaceutical testing with agents infectious to humans.
F) Isolation waste. This waste shall include
discarded materials contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates, and
secretions from humans that are isolated to protect others from highly
communicable diseases. "Highly communicable diseases" means those diseases
identified by the Board in rules adopted under Section 56.2(e) of the
Act.
G) Unused sharps. This waste
shall include but not be limited to the following unused, discarded sharps:
hypodermic, intravenous, or other needles; hypodermic or intravenous syringes;
or scalpel blades.
2)
does not include:
A) Waste generated as
general household waste;
B) Waste
(except for sharps) for which the infectious potential has been eliminated by
treatment; or
C) Sharps that meet
both of the following conditions:
i) The
infectious potential has been eliminated from the sharps by treatment;
and
ii) The sharps are rendered
unrecognizable by treatment. [415 ILCS
5/3.360]
d) "Tare weight" means the weight of a reusable shipping container that is not permanently disposed of with the PIMW.
e) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of PIMW by highway or water.
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