New Jersey § 13:1e-48
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:1e-48, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13:1e-48.
a. Prior to the adoption of any rules or regulations pursuant to section 4 of this
act, 1 or the implementation of the comprehensive State regulated medical waste management
plan prepared by the departments pursuant to section 13 of this act, 2 or the implementation of any other provisions of this act, the manifesting, tracking,
identification, packaging, storage, control, monitoring, handling, collection, management
and disposal of regulated medical waste in this State shall be governed in all respects
by the rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the Department of Environmental
Protection pursuant to the provisions of the “Solid Waste Management Act,” P.L.1970,
c. 39 ( C. 13:1E-1 et seq. ). All rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the department relating to regulated
medical waste shall continue in full force and effect and be enforceable by the department,
subject to its power as provided by this act to amend or repeal the same, except that
on and after the effective date of this act all generators, without regard to the
quantity of regulated medical waste generated per month, shall be subject to the manifesting
requirements of these rules and regulations. b. Within 30 days of the adoption by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
of rules and regulations to implement the Federal Act, the Department of Environmental
Protection, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall adopt, without regard
to the provisions of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” rules and regulations identical
to, and as required by, the rules and regulations adopted by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency under the Federal Act. The rules and regulations adopted by the departments pursuant to this subsection
shall require all generators, without regard to the quantity of regulated medical
waste generated per month, to comply with the regulated medical waste manifesting
requirements included in these rules and regulations. 1
N.J.S.A. § 13:1E-48.4. 2
N.J.S.A. § 13:1E-48.13.
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