Authority: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 16-41-16-8

Affected: IC 16-41-16

Sec. 24. (a) All persons and facilities subject to this rule shall ensure that infectious waste is at all times contained in a manner that will reasonably protect waste handlers and the public from contracting dangerous communicable disease that may result from exposure to the infectious waste.

(b) All persons and facilities subject to this rule shall place contaminated sharps or contaminated objects that could potentially become contaminated sharps, infectious biological cultures, infectious associated biologicals, and infectious agent stock in containers that are:

1. (1) leak proof, rigid, puncture-resistant;
2. (2) tightly sealed to prevent expulsion;
3. (3) labeled with the biohazard symbol; and
4. (4) effectively treated in accordance with this rule prior to being stored in an unsecured area and sent for final disposal.

(c) All persons and facilities subject to this rule shall place pathological waste; laboratory animal carcasses, laboratory animal body parts, laboratory animal blood and body fluids, and laboratory animal bedding; human blood; human blood products in liquid or semiliquid form; and human body fluids that are visibly contaminated with blood in containers that are:

1. (1) impervious to moisture;
2. (2) sufficient strength and thickness to prevent expulsion;
3. (3) secured to prevent leakage or expulsion;
4. (4) labeled with the biohazard symbol; and
5. (5) effectively treated in accordance with this rule prior to being placed in an unsecured area and sent for final disposal.

(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 1-3-24; filed Jan 17, 1989, 3:30 p.m.: 12 IR 1385; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; readopted filed Sep 11, 2013, 3:19 p.m.: 20131009-IR-410130346RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 3:14 p.m.: 20191211-IR-410190391RFA; readopted filed Nov 14, 2025, 11:18 a.m.: 20251210-IR-410240588RFA)