Section 284.416. Duration of storage of regulated medical and chemotherapeutic waste for processors

If the waste processing facility is separate from the waste generating facility, regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste shall be immediately moved offsite if the waste becomes putrescent or attracts vectors during the storage period and may not be stored at the waste processing facility for more than the following periods unless other periods are approved in the facility’s permit:

(1) Seventy-two hours at ambient temperature, unless the waste becomes putrescent or attracts vectors.

(2) Seven days in a refrigerator at ‹= 7°C or ‹= 45°F, unless the waste becomes putrescent or attracts vectors.

(3) Thirty days in a freezer at ‹= -18°C or ‹= 0°F, unless the waste becomes putrescent or attracts vectors.

The provisions of this § 284.416 amended November 7, 2014, effective November 8, 2014, 44 Pa.B. 7021. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (373311).