Section 27-1509. Transfer of regulated medical waste to off-site treatment and disposal facilities

1.  No person shall transport regulated medical waste unless permitted
  as a regulated medical waste transporter by the department.
    2. Vehicles transporting more than fifty pounds of  regulated  medical
  waste  shall be identified on each side and the back of the vehicle with
  the  name  or  trademark  of  the  transporter  and  with  conspicuously
  displayed  signs  or  decals  with  the  word  "infectious" or the words
  "regulated medical waste".
    a. Regulated  medical  waste  shall  be  transported  to  an  off-site
  treatment  or disposal facility in a leakproof, fully enclosed container
  or vehicle compartment.
    b. Regulated medical waste  shall  not  be  transported  in  the  same
  vehicle   with  other  waste  unless  the  regulated  medical  waste  is
  separately contained in rigid reusable containers or  kept  separate  by
  barriers  from  other waste, or unless all of the waste is to be treated
  or disposed of  as  regulated  medical  waste  in  accordance  with  the
  requirements of this title.
    c.  Regulated  medical  waste  shall  be  delivered  for  treatment or
  disposal only  to  a  facility  to  which  delivery  of  such  waste  is
  authorized pursuant to this article.
    d.  Persons  manually  loading  or  unloading  containers of regulated
  medical waste on or from transport vehicles shall be provided  by  their
  employer  with,  and  shall  be  required to wear, protective gloves and
  other protective clothing as may be required by the department.
    e. Surfaces of transport  vehicles  that  have  contacted  spilled  or
  leaked  regulated  medical  waste  shall be decontaminated by procedures
  approved by the commissioner of health.