1. A. Subject to §§B and C of this regulation, a person shall dispose of special medical waste after treatment by one of the following methods:

   1. (1) Interment;
   2. (2) Depositing in a facility approved to accept the type of solid waste being disposed in accordance with §C of this regulation; or
   3. (3) Incineration.

2. B. A person may discharge a special medical waste that is liquid, semiliquid, or anatomical material that has been mechanically destroyed into a sewerage system, if the discharge is allowed under:

   1. (1) Local ordinance or regulation; and
   2. (2) Environment Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland.

3. C. A person shall dispose of special medical waste in accordance with:

   1. (1) State laws and regulations pertaining to solid waste disposal including Environment Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland; and
   2. (2) Local ordinances and regulations to the extent that the local requirements are not preempted by or in conflict with State law.

Authority: Health-General Article, §18-102, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.08 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 30, 1988 (15:22 Md. R. 2547); emergency status expired March 29, 1989; adopted permanently effective May 1, 1989 (16:8 Md. R. 909)

Regulation .02B amended effective December 20, 1993 (20:25 Md. R. 1947)

Regulation .04B amended effective December 20, 1993 (20:25 Md. R. 1947)

Regulation .06B amended effective December 20, 1993 (20:25 Md. R. 1947)

Regulation .07C amended effective December 20, 1993 (20:25 Md. R. 1947)

Regulations .01—.07 repealed and new Regulations .01—.07 adopted effective September 1, 2004 (31:16 Md. R. 1254)

Regulation .02B amended effective November 6, 2006 (33:22 Md. R. 1732)

Regulation .04 amended effective November 6, 2006 (33:22 Md. R. 1732)

Regulation .06A amended effective November 6, 2006 (33:22 Md. R. 1732)

Regulation .07 amended effective November 6, 2006 (33:22 Md. R. 1732)