2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 27 - COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE
Title 15 - (27-1501 - 27-1519) STORAGE, TREATMENT, DISPOSAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
27-1510 - Standards applicable to generators of regulated medical waste.

§ 27-1510. Standards  applicable  to  generators  of  regulated  medical
               waste.
    1.  The  commissioner  shall   promulgate   regulations   establishing
  standards which shall be applicable to all generators of any quantity of
  regulated medical waste, as may be necessary to protect human health and
  the  environment.  Such standards shall include, but need not be limited
  to, requirements respecting:
    a. Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the quantities  of
  such regulated medical waste generated, and the disposition thereof;
    b.  Compliance  with  the marking, labeling and packaging requirements
  pursuant to section 27-1505 of this title;
    c. Compliance with the tracking system pursuant to section 27-1504  of
  this title; and
    d.  Submission of an annual report to the commissioner, and additional
  reports at such times as the commissioner deems necessary, on such forms
  as the  commissioner  shall  prescribe,  respecting  the  quantities  of
  regulated  medical  waste  generated during a specified time period, and
  the disposition thereof.
    2. Any such regulation may not exempt, but may differ in its terms  as
  between generators of differing quantities of regulated medical waste.

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