Shandong Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee to start the legislative process "medical waste management measures in Shandong Province

Introduction: The Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress in late February to start the legislative process, the Legal Affairs Commission in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Justice, the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, the Provincial Health Commission to form a legislative task force to form a draft for comment, and to the relevant ministries and departments

Introduction: The Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress in late February to start the legislative process, the Legal Affairs Commission in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Justice, the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, the Provincial Health Commission to form a draft for comment. and to the relevant departments, deputies, legislative contact points, legislative advisers, street offices, community neighborhood committees and other widely consulted. The revised and improved release can be seen, the norms cover all aspects of the disposal of medical waste, and specifically for the epidemic prevention and control of the increase in the code of conduct.

March 26, 2020, "Shandong Province, medical waste management measures" by the thirteenth session of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Shandong Province, the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee, and Shandong People's Congress published online. It will come into force from the date of publication.

Purpose?

In order to timely, orderly, efficient, harmless disposal of medical waste, to prevent the spread of disease, to prevent secondary and derivative environmental pollution incidents, to protect the people's life, health and safety and ecological environment.

Scope?

The collection, transportation, storage, disposal and supervision and management of medical waste in the provincial administrative area.

Definition?

Refers to medical and health institutions in the medical, preventive, health care and other related activities generated by the direct or indirect infectious, toxic and other hazardous waste.

Objective?

Receivable as much as possible, comprehensive coverage, timely and effective disposal, scientific and standardized.

How many areas of work?

Establishment of a sound system for the collection, transportation and disposal of medical waste

Establishment of a sound system for the supervision and management of medical waste in the province

Establishment of a medical waste management account

Transportation of medical waste must meet the leakage prevention, prevention of spilling, and other environmental protection and hygiene requirements, and to comply with the national provisions of the management of transportation of medical waste

Medical and health care Institutions and medical waste centralized disposal units should implement the management system of hazardous waste transfer joint bill

Medical waste storage and disposal sites are required to maintain a distance from the relevant units and workplaces

Sludge should be disposed of in accordance with the hazardous waste

Development of precautionary measures and contingency plans for environmental emergencies

Establishment of a sound monitoring and law enforcement of the results of medical waste Regular notification, regulatory resources information *** enjoyment, joint supervision and enforcement mechanism

People's governments at or above the county level should establish and improve the complaint reporting system

For the epidemic prevention and control requirements?

During the epidemic prevention and control period, according to the need to set up a special collection of protective gear waste facilities, guided placement

Medical waste centralized disposal unit to the same health care institutions to collect, transport medical waste at intervals of not more than forty-eight hours; infectious disease outbreaks, to the same health care institutions to collect, transport medical waste at intervals of not more than twenty-four hours

The infectious disease epidemic.

During the infectious disease epidemic, the centralized disposal unit of medical waste should be transported to the prescribed disposal site within twelve hours to take incineration and other means of disposal, and to ensure that the disposal effect

During the infectious disease epidemic, health care institutions should be in accordance with the requirements of prevention and control of the encrypted monitoring frequency

During the infectious disease epidemic in violation of the relevant laws and regulations on the management of medical waste and the measures.

It is reported that the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress in late February to start the legislative process, the Legal Affairs Commission, in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Justice, the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, the Provincial Health Commission, the formation of the legislative task force to form a draft for comment, and to the relevant departments, deputies to the National People's Congress, the legislative contact point, the legislative adviser, the street office, the neighborhood committee to solicit a wide range of views.

Modified and improved after the release of the draft can be seen, the norms cover all aspects of the disposal of medical waste, and specifically for the prevention and control of epidemics added to the guidelines for action. The division of responsibilities is clear, the requirements of the standard is refined, for the routine and the epidemic during the disposal of medical waste provides a scientific and standardized basis.

In the words of the Secretary General of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, ? It is of great significance to guarantee the resumption of work and production in our province, the construction of major projects, and the production and life of the people.?