Section 27-1507. Treatment and disposal of regulated medical waste

1. Treatment or disposal of regulated medical waste shall be by one of
  the following methods:
    a.  By incineration in a regulated medical waste incineration facility
  approved and under permit pursuant to article nineteen of  this  chapter
  which  provides  complete  combustion  of  the  waste  to  carbonized or
  mineralized  ash.  Regulated  medical  waste  so  combusted   shall   be
  disposable  as  nonhazardous  waste  provided  it  is  not  an otherwise
  hazardous waste as defined in the regulations promulgated under  section
  27-0903 of this article.
    b.  By  discharge  to  sewerage  system  if  the  waste  is  liquid or
  semiliquid except as specifically prohibited by the commissioner or  the
  commissioner of health.
    c.  By  decontamination by autoclaving, or by other technique approved
  by the department of health. Regulated medical waste so treated shall be
  disposed of as solid waste provided it  is  not  otherwise  a  hazardous
  waste  as  defined in section 27-0903 of this article or the regulations
  promulgated thereunder, and is accompanied by a certificate, in  a  form
  prescribed by the commissioner of health which evidences such treatment.
    d. By other method approved in writing by the commissioner of health.
    2.  Regulated  medical  wastes shall not be disposed of by burial at a
  landfill  disposal  facility,  unless   treated   in   accordance   with
  subdivision   one   of   this  section.  All  sharps  must  be  rendered
  unrecognizable prior to disposal.