Section 27-1501. Definitions

1.  "Regulated  medical  waste"  shall mean regulated medical waste as
  defined pursuant to  section  thirteen  hundred  eighty-nine-aa  of  the
  public  health  law  and  regulations  promulgated thereunder, provided,
  however, that "regulated medical waste" shall not include any  hazardous
  waste  identified or listed pursuant to section 27-0903 of this article,
  or any household waste as defined in regulations promulgated under  such
  section.
    2.  "Person"  shall  mean  an  individual,  trust,  firm,  joint stock
  company, corporation (including a government corporation),  partnership,
  association,  state  or  federal  government  and  any  agency  thereof,
  municipality, commission, political  subdivision  of  a  state,  or  any
  interstate body.
    3.  "Storage" shall mean the containment of regulated medical waste in
  such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste.
    4. "Transport" shall mean the movement of regulated medical waste from
  the point of generation to any intermediate points and  finally  to  the
  point of ultimate disposal. For the purposes of this title, the point of
  generation  with  regard to facilities that are generator's of regulated
  medical waste shall be the point at which the  regulated  medical  waste
  leaves the generator's facility site.
    5. "Treatment" shall mean any method, technique or process designed to
  change the character or composition of any regulated medical waste so as
  to  either  neutralize such waste or to render such waste not infectious
  as approved by the commissioner of health pursuant to  section  thirteen
  hundred eighty-nine-dd of the public health law.
    7. "Ownership" shall mean the possession of equity in the capital, the
  stock  or the profits of an entity transporting regulated medical waste,
  including, but not limited to, property in or  title  to  a  vehicle  or
  vessel  or  any  exclusive  lease  or  bailment of a motor vehicle for a
  period of greater than thirty days.
    8. "Indirect ownership" shall mean an ownership interest in an  entity
  that  has  an  ownership  interest  in  an entity transporting regulated
  medical waste.
    9. "Substantial interest" shall mean ownership or  indirect  ownership
  of ten per centum or more.
    11. "Infectious agents" shall be limited to those organisms that cause
  disease or an adverse health impact to humans.