New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE
Subchapter 3A - REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
Section 7:26-3A.14 - Labeling requirements
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:26-3A.14
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Generators shall label each package of regulated medical waste and each individual container used at the specific location of initial generation immediately on use, to meet the packaging requirements of 7:26-3A.11 and in accordance with all applicable Federal regulations including, but not limited to, 49 C.F.R. Parts 171 - 180 as amended and supplemented, before the waste is transported or offered for transport off-site as follows:
1. Each container of untreated regulated medical waste shall have a water-resistant label affixed to or printed on the outside of the container. The label shall include the words "Medical Waste," or "Infectious Waste," or display the universal biohazard symbol. Red plastic bag(s) used as an inner container need not display a label; and
2. Packages containing treated regulated medical wastes are not required to be labeled under this section but are required to be marked in accordance with the requirements of 7:26-3A.15.
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