Ohio Admin. Code 3745-266-503 - Standards for healthcare facilities that manage potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals
(A)
Hazardous waste
determination for potentially creditable pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility
that generates a waste that is a potentially creditable pharmaceutical shall
determine whether the potentially creditable pharmaceutical is a potentially
creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical (i.e., listed in rules
3745-51-30
to
3745-51-35
of the Administrative Code or exhibits a characteristic identified in rules
3745-51-20
to
3745-51-24
of the Administrative Code). A healthcare facility may choose to manage the
healthcare facility's potentially creditable non-hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals as potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in
accordance with rules 3745-266-500 to 3745-266-510 of the Administrative
Code.
(B)
Accepting potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals from an off-site healthcare facility that is a very small
quantity generator. A healthcare facility may accept potentially creditable
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals from an off-site healthcare facility that is a
very small quantity generator in accordance with rule 3745-52-14 of the
Administrative Code, without a permit or without having a permit by rule,
provided the receiving healthcare facility meets all of the following:
(1)
Is under the
control of the same "person," as defined in rule
3745-50-10
of the Administrative Code, as the very small quantity generator healthcare
facility that is sending the potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals off-site, or has a contractual or other documented business
relationship whereby the receiving healthcare facility supplies pharmaceuticals
to the very small quantity generator healthcare facility.
(2)
Is operating in
accordance with rules 3745-266-500 to 3745-266-510 of the Administrative Code
for the management of the healthcare facility's potentially creditable
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.
(3)
Manages the
potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that the healthcare
facility receives from off-site in compliance with rules 3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the Administrative Code.
(4)
Keeps records of
the potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals shipments the
healthcare facility receives from off-site for three years after the date that
the shipment is received.
(C)
Prohibition.
Healthcare facilities are prohibited from sending hazardous wastes other than
potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a reverse
distributor.
(D)
Biennial reporting by healthcare facilities. Healthcare
facilities are not subject to biennial reporting requirements in accordance
with rule
3745-52-41
of the Administrative Code with respect to potentially creditable hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals managed in accordance with rules 3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the Administrative Code.
(E)
Recordkeeping by
healthcare facilities.
(1)
A healthcare facility that initiates a shipment of
potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a reverse distributor
shall keep the following records (paper or electronic) for each shipment of
potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals for three years after
the date of shipment:
(a)
The confirmation of delivery.
(b)
The shipping
papers prepared in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 172 subpart C, if
applicable.
(2)
The periods of retention referred to in this rule are
extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action
regarding the regulated activity, or as requested by the
director.
(3)
All records shall be readily available upon request by
an inspector.
(F)
Response to spills of potentially creditable hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals at healthcare facilities. A healthcare facility shall
immediately contain all spills of potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals and manage the spill cleanup materials as non-creditable
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in accordance with rules 3745-266-500 to
3745-266-510 of the Administrative Code.
Notes
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: Exempt
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3734.12
Rule Amplifies: 3734.12
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