This
is a rule for the management and handling of bio-medical waste.
These rules apply to all persons who generate, collect, receive,
store, transport, treat, dispose, or handle bio-medical waste in any
form. It specify the duty of occupier, treatment and disposal of
bio-medical wastes, segregation, packaging, transportation and storage
of bio-medical wastes, procedure for obtaining authorization for grant
of authorization, categories of bio-medical wastes, colour coding and
type of container for disposal of bio-medical wastes, label for
bio-medical waste containers/bags, label for transport of bio-medical
wastes containers bags, standards for treatment and disposal of
bio-medical wastes, schedule for installation of waste management
facilities like incinerator/autoclave/microwave system, form of
application for authorization/renewal of authorization, form of annual
report, form of accident reporting, form of authorization for
operating a facility for collection, reception, treatment, storage,
transport and disposal of bio-medical wastes, form of application for
filing appeal against order passed by the prescribed authority at
district level or regional office of the Pollution Control Board
acting as prescribed authority or the State/Union territory level
authority etc.
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