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OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 6. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
CHAPTER IV. QUALITY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER B. SOLID WASTES
PART 365. REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE AND OTHER INFECTIOUS WASTES
SUBPART 365-3. OTHER INFECTIOUS WASTES
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365-3.1 Applicability.
(a) This Subpart applies to any incidental waste that is not RMW but that has come into contact with an infectious agent. Incidental waste means any materials generated as a consequence of mitigating exposure to infectious agents (e.g., including waste from work spaces, living spaces, and other similar locations prior to reoccupancy, etc.). For purposes of this Subpart, an infectious agent includes any agent classified as Risk Group 2, 3, or 4 by the National Institutes of Health in the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules, incorporated by reference in section 360.3 of this Title.
(b) A material containing an infectious agent at a concentration naturally occurring in the environment, contaminated foodstuffs, samples of foodstuff sent for routine laboratory analyses, environmental samples, and quality control samples are not regulated under this Subpart. Research laboratories conducting research on infectious agents, as defined in subdivision (a) of this section, are regulated by this Subpart.
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Current through March 15, 2022
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