(a)

1. (1) A minimum of ninety (90) days prior to closure of any facility in which commercial medical waste was either treated, stored, or disposed, a Notice of Closure shall be submitted to the Department of Health.

2. (2) The Notice of Closure shall include the following:

   1. (A) Proposed date of closure;
   2. (B) Current inventory of untreated and treated medical waste currently on site;
   3. (C) Date of last shipment of medical waste to be received by the facility;
   4. (D) Proposed methods of decontamination of equipment, treatment areas, and air systems related to the treatment areas, buildings, etc., including planned quality control/quality assurance procedures to verify the absence of pathogenic organisms; and
   5. (E)

(i) Projected date decontamination will begin and end.

1. (ii) The department shall be notified twenty (20) working days in advance of the decontamination procedures.

   1. (iii) Failure to notify the department shall result in the requirement to redecontaminate the facility.

(b)

1. (1) Wastes generated during decontamination of facility equipment, treatment areas, buildings, etc., which potentially became contaminated with medical waste must be treated as medical waste.

2. (2) All other wastes not regulated as medical must be handled and disposed in accordance with the Division of Environmental Quality rules and/or any local ordinances, as applicable.

   1. (c)
3. (1) Upon final closure, the department will review all quality control/quality assurance data to verify the absence of pathogenic organisms and conduct an onsite inspection.
4. (2) When all conditions of clean closure have been completed to the satisfaction of the department, a letter of clean closure will be provided to the facility/company.