Please note that it is always good to check with your city and even your facility as their medical waste disposal regulations may be more strict or.
Medical waste disposal regulations texas.
Managing and disposing of medical waste managing and disposing of medical waste.
Click on the link in the id number column for more information about the registration.
The alternative treatments are generally used to render the medical waste non infectious then the waste can be disposed of as solid waste in landfills or incinerators.
For additional information or questions regarding management of medical waste please contact the municipal solid waste permits section of the tceq at 512 239 2335 or e mail mswper tceq texas gov.
Transporting waste in texas rg 086 rules.
Look for medical waste in the program column.
Title 30 texas administrative code chapter 326.
In texas once the generators of medical waste disposal have adhered to regulations for collecting storing transporting and treating their waste they may then use permitted municipal landfill and sanitary sewer systems as their final disposal location.
Many states have regulations requiring medical waste treatment technologies to be certified licensed or regulated.
Untreated medical waste and operators of medical waste treatment facilities or mobile treatment units.
A five digit number starting with 50 or 55 50 or 55 indicates a transporter of medical waste.
Requirements for the management and disposal of medical waste in texas with links to rules guidance and forms.
At the bottom of the page is a listing of the site s registrations with tceq.
Requirements for the management and disposal of medical waste in texas with links to rules guidance and forms.
Permits and registrations issued to medical waste treatment and transfer.
For more information about treatment and disposal for medical waste facilities see 30 tac 326 75 r and for generators see 30 tac 326 39 c and 326 41 c.
Treated medical waste may be managed as routine municipal solid waste and disposed of in a type i municipal solid waste landfill with some exceptions.
F medical waste facilities on site treatment services and mobile treatment units that send treated medical waste and treated medical waste including sharps or residuals of sharps to a solid waste landfill must include a statement to the solid waste landfill that the shipment has been treated by an approved method in accordance with 25 t a c.