Section 116.75 — Citation.

116.75 CITATION. Sections 116.76 to 116.82 may be cited as the “Infectious Waste Control Act.” History: 1989 c 337 s 1; 1993 c 206 s 2

Section 116.76 — Definitions.

116.76 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 116.76 to 116.83. Subd. 2. Agency. “Agency” means the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Blood. “Blood” means waste human blood and blood products in containers, or solid waste saturated and dripping human blood or blood products. Human blood products include serum, plasma, […]

Section 116.77 — Coverage.

116.77 COVERAGE. Sections 116.75 to 116.83 and 609.671, subdivision 11, cover any person, including a veterinarian, who generates, treats, stores, transports, or disposes of infectious or pathological waste but not including infectious or pathological waste generated by households, farm operations, or agricultural businesses. Except as specifically provided, sections 116.75 to 116.83 do not limit or […]

Section 116.78 — Waste Management.

116.78 WASTE MANAGEMENT. Subdivision 1. Segregation. All untreated infectious waste must be segregated from other waste material at its point of generation and maintained in separate packaging throughout collection, storage, and transport. Infectious waste must be packaged, contained, and transported in a manner that prevents release of the waste material. Subd. 2. Labeling. All bags, […]

Section 116.79 — Management Plans.

116.79 MANAGEMENT PLANS. Subdivision 1. Preparing management plans. (a) To the extent applicable to the facility, a person in charge of a facility that generates, stores, decontaminates, incinerates, or disposes of infectious or pathological waste must prepare a management plan for the infectious or pathological waste handled by the facility. A person may prepare a […]

Section 116.80 — Transporting Infectious Waste.

116.80 TRANSPORTING INFECTIOUS WASTE. Subdivision 1. Transferring infectious waste. (a) A generator may not transfer infectious waste to a commercial transporter unless the transporter is registered with the commissioner. (b) A transporter may not deliver infectious waste to a facility prohibited to accept the waste. (c) A person who is registered to transport infectious waste […]

Section 116.801 — Incinerating Infectious Waste; Permit Required.

116.801 INCINERATING INFECTIOUS WASTE; PERMIT REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person may not construct, or expand the capacity of, a facility for the incineration of infectious waste, as defined in section 116.76, without having obtained an air emission permit from the agency. (b) This section does not affect permit requirements under […]

Section 116.802 — Incinerating Infectious Waste; Environmental Impact.

116.802 INCINERATING INFECTIOUS WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. Until the Pollution Control Agency adopts revisions to its air emission rules for incinerators, a new or expanded facility for the incineration of infectious waste that is subject to the permit requirement in section 116.801 may not receive a permit until an environmental impact statement for the facility has […]

Section 116.81 — Rules.

116.81 RULES. Subdivision 1. Agency rules. The agency, in consultation with the commissioner of health, may adopt rules to implement sections 116.76 to 116.82. The agency, before adopting rules affecting animals or research animal waste, must consult the commissioner of agriculture and the Board of Animal Health. Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 […]

Section 116.82 — Authority Of Local Government.

116.82 AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Subdivision 1. Preemption. A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may not adopt a definition of infectious or pathological waste that differs from the definitions in section 116.76, or management requirements for infectious or pathological waste that differ from the requirements of sections 116.78 and 116.79. Subd. […]

Section 116.83 — Enforcement.

116.83 ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Enforcement authority. The agency may enforce sections 116.76 to 116.81. Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 75] Subd. 3. Access to information and property. Subject to section 144.651, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may on presentation of credentials, during regular business hours: (1) examine and copy […]

Section 116.835 — Safe Sharps Management.

116.835 SAFE SHARPS MANAGEMENT. (a) A sharps manufacturer that sells or distributes sharps that are usually intended for home use and a pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes a medication in Minnesota that is usually intended to be self-injected in a home resulting in the generation of sharps shall, on or before July 1, 2011, […]