Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 444 - Sanitation
INVASIVE BODY DECORATION ESTABLISHMENTS
Maintenance of Facilities, Equipment and Supplies
Section 444.00865 - Discard of needles, needle bars and grommets as medical waste; labeling and disposal of sharps containers; disposal of disposable razors and tubes as standard waste

1. Needles, needle bars and grommets used during an invasive body decoration procedure are medical waste and must be discarded as a whole into an approved sharps container immediately upon completion of the procedure.

2. Needle bars used during an invasive body decoration procedure must be disposed of in a sharps container in their entirety. The tip of a needle bar must not be removed from the needle bar.

3. A sharps container must be labeled with the words "SHARPS WASTE" or "BIOHAZARD" and include the universal symbol for biohazards.

4. A sharps container or its contents must be disposed of in accordance with section 93 .

5. If a reusable sharps container is used, it must be cleaned and disinfected before reuse.

6. Disposable razors and tubes may be disposed of as standard waste.