Louisiana § RS 40:31.34 - Infectious waste permits
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:31.34 — Infectious waste permits, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 40:31.34. Infectious waste permits
A. The department shall charge and collect an annual infectious waste permit fee from each transporter of potentially infectious biomedical waste for which a permit is required under the state Sanitary Code. The fee shall be two hundred dollars for each transporter facility, including one transport body or vehicle, plus fifty dollars for each additional vehicle.
B. The department shall charge and collect an annual infectious waste permit fee for each facility for storage and treatment of potentially infectious biomedical waste for which a permit is required by the state Sanitary Code. The fee shall be two hundred dollars per storage site or storage and treatment site.
C. A properly permitted transport body or vehicle used for the storage at the site of a generator of potentially infectious biomedical waste will not be required to have a storage permit.
D. The fees established in this Section shall replace the fees promulgated in the July 20, 1991, Louisiana Register and shall apply to renewals of said permits.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:31.34 ("Infectious waste permits") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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