New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE
Subchapter 3A - REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
Section 7:26-3A.10 - Segregation requirements
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Generators shall segregate regulated medical waste intended for transport off-site to the extent practicable prior to placement in containers according to (b) below.
(b) Generators shall segregate regulated medical waste into:
(c) Other regulated medical waste described at (b)3 above may be included in sharps containers. Such containers shall be managed at all times as sharps containers in accordance with 7:26-3A.11. The waste in these containers shall not be allowed to putrefy or be malodorous in any detectable manner.
(d) If other nonregulated medical waste and/or solid waste is placed in the same container(s) as regulated medical waste, or if regulated medical waste cannot be initially segregated from other solid waste, then the generator shall package, label, and mark the container(s) and manage its entire contents according to the requirements for regulated medical waste in this subchapter.