Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter NR 666 - Standards For Managing Specific Hazardous Wastes And Specific Types Of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
Subchapter P - Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
Section NR 666.504 - Healthcare facilities that are very small quantity generators for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste

(1) POTENTIALLY CREDITABLE HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS. A healthcare facility that is a very small quantity generator for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non -pharmaceutical hazardous waste may send its potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a reverse distributor.

(2) OFF-SITE COLLECTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS GENERATED BY A HEALTHCARE FACILITY THAT IS A VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR. A healthcare facility that is a very small quantity generator for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non -pharmaceutical hazardous waste may send its hazardous waste pharmaceuticals off-site to another healthcare facility, provided one of the following is met:

(3) LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS. A long -term care facility that is a very small quantity generator for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste may dispose of its hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, excluding contaminated personal protective equipment or clean -up materials, in an on -site collection receptacle of an authorized collector, as defined by the drug enforcement administration, that is registered with the drug enforcement administration provided the contents are collected, stored, transported, destroyed and disposed of in compliance with all applicable drug enforcement administration regulations for controlled substances.

(4) LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WITH 20 BEDS OR FEWER. A long -term care facility with 20 beds or fewer is presumed to be a very small quantity generator subject to s. NR 662.014 for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non -pharmaceutical hazardous waste and not subject to this subchapter, except for ss. NR 666.505 and 666.507 and the other optional provisions of this section. The department has the responsibility to demonstrate that a long -term care facility with 20 beds or fewer generates quantities of hazardous waste that are in excess of the very small quantity generator limits as defined in s. NR 660.10(139). A long -term care facility with more than 20 beds that operates as a very small quantity generator under s. NR 662.014 shall demonstrate that it generates quantities of hazardous waste that are within the very small quantity generator limits as defined in s. NR 660.10.