Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 25	HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1	DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 1	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER K	DEFINITION, TREATMENT, AND DISPOSITION OF SPECIAL WASTE FROM HEALTH CARE-RELATED FACILITIES
RULE §1.136	Approved Methods of Treatment and Disposition

(V) moist heat disinfection followed by deposition in a sanitary landfill;

(VI) chlorine disinfection/maceration followed by deposition in a sanitary landfill; or

(VII) an approved alternate treatment process, provided that the process renders the item as unrecognizable and can no longer cause puncture wounds, followed by deposition in a sanitary landfill.

(b) Records. The facility treating the wastes shall maintain records to document the treatment of the special waste from health care-related facilities processed at the facility as to method and conditions of treatment in accordance with Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 330.

(c) Facility responsibility. The facility treating the wastes shall be responsible for establishing the conditions necessary for operation of each method used at the facility to insure the reduction of microbial activity of any waste treated according to the manufacturer's specifications and according to any approval granted by the department.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.136 adopted to be effective April 4, 1989, 14 TexReg 1457; amended to be effective November 21, 1991, 16 TexReg 6482; amended to be effective December 21, 1994, 19 TexReg 9599.