New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE
Subchapter 3A - REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
Section 7:26-3A.31 - Tracking form requirements for transporters
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A transporter shall not accept a shipment of regulated medical waste if the regulated medical waste is to be treated, transported, stored, transferred, destroyed, disposed of, or otherwise managed in New Jersey, unless it is accompanied by a medical waste tracking form available from the Department at the address listed at 7:26-3A.8(d) and completed in accordance with instructions provided by the Department and signed by the generator in accordance with the provisions of 7:26-3A.19. In the case where a transporter intends to deliver regulated medical waste generated in New Jersey to another state which supplies its own tracking form and requires its use, the transporter shall provide the generator with the form of that state to which the waste is to be sent.
(b) Before accepting for collection, transport or transporting any regulated medical waste, the transporter shall:
(c) Each transporter shall ensure that the tracking form accompanies the regulated medical waste while in transit.
(d) A transporter, upon delivery of the regulated medical waste to another transporter (including a transfer facility) or to an intermediate handler or destination facility located in the United States, shall:
(e) Any transporter that transports regulated medical waste across an international border, or that delivers regulated medical waste to a transporter or treatment, destruction, or destination facility located in a foreign country (for example, Canada) shall:
(f) For shipments involving rail transportation, the requirements of 7:26-3A.45 apply to rail transporters in lieu of the requirement of (b), (c) and (d) above.