Medical Waste Management Regulations is to strengthen the safe management of medical waste, prevent the spread of disease, protect the environment, safeguard human health, according to the People's Republic of China *** and the State Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and the People's Republic of China *** and the State Law on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes and thus formulated.
Medical waste refers to the medical and health institutions in the medical treatment, prevention, health care and other related activities generated by the direct or indirect infectious, toxic and other hazardous waste.
Medical waste classification catalog, by the State Council administrative department of health and environmental protection **** with the development and publication.
Legal basis
"Regulations on the Management of Medical Wastes"
Article 13 Medical and health institutions and medical waste centralized disposal units, shall take effective measures to prevent the loss, leakage and spread of medical waste.
The occurrence of medical waste loss, leakage, proliferation, medical and health institutions and centralized disposal of medical waste shall take emergency measures to reduce the harm caused by people to provide medical care and on-site rescue; at the same time, to the local people's government at the county level, the competent administrative department of health, the competent administrative department of environmental protection report, and may be jeopardized by the unit and the residents of the notification. Article 21 does not have the conditions of centralized disposal of medical waste in rural areas, medical and health institutions shall, in accordance with the requirements of the competent administrative department of health of the people's government at the county level, the administrative department of environmental protection, their own local disposal of medical waste. Disposal of medical waste, should meet the following basic requirements:
(a) after the use of disposable medical equipment and easily damaged medical waste, should be disinfected and disfigured;
(b) can be incinerated, it should be incinerated in a timely manner;
(c) can not be incinerated, disinfected and centralized landfill. Article 23 The centralized disposal of medical waste unit, shall meet the following conditions:
(a) with environmental protection and health requirements of medical waste storage, disposal facilities or equipment;
(b) with trained technicians and the corresponding skilled workers;
(c) with the institutions responsible for the detection and evaluation of the effects of disposal of medical waste and Personnel;
(D) have to ensure the safe disposal of medical waste regulations.