Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-03-25-.04 - DEFINITIONS
Unless specifically defined in this chapter, the definitions from Chapter 1200-3-2 will apply:
(1)
"Incinerator" means any device used in the process of controlled combustion of
waste for the purpose of reducing the volume and minimizing the potential for
harm to public health from the waste charged by destroying combustible matter
leaving the noncombustible ashes or residue.
(2) "Infectious waste" means solid or liquid
wastes which contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity such that
exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result in an infectious
disease. For purposes of this Rule, all of the following types of wastes shall
be considered to be infectious wastes:
(a)
Wastes contaminated by patients who are isolated due to communicable disease,
as provided in the U.S. Centers for Disease Guidelines for Isolation
Precautions in Hospital, (July, 1983).
(b) Cultures and stocks of infectious agents:
including specimen cultures collected from medical and pathological
laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and
industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biologicals, discarded
live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer,
inoculate, and mix cultures.
(c)
Waste human blood and blood products such as serum, plasma, and other blood
components.
(d) Pathological
wastes, such as tissues, organs, body parts, and body fluids that are removed
during surgery and autopsy.
(e) All
discarded sharps (e.g., hypodermic needles, syringes, pasteur pipettes, broken
glass, scalpel blades) used in patient care or which have come into contact
with infectious agents during use in medical, research, or industrial
laboratories.
(f) Contaminated
carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were exposed to pathogens in
research, in the production of biologicals, or in the in vivo
testing of pharmaceuticals.
(g)
Other wastes determined to be infectious by the facility.
(3) "In existence" means that the owner or
operator has (1) begun, or caused to begin, a continuous program of physical
on-site construction of the facility, or (2) entered into binding agreements or
contractual obligations, which cannot be canceled or modified without
substantial loss to the owner or operator, or to undertake a program of
construction at the facility to be completed in a reasonable time, or (3) that
the owner or operator possesses a valid operating permit.
(4) "Continuous program of physical on-site
construction" means significant and continuous site preparation work such as
major clearing or excavation followed by placement of footings, pilings, and
other materials of construction, assembly, or installation of unique facilities
or equipment at the site of the source.
(5) "Substantial loss" generally means a loss
which would equal or exceed 10 percent of the total project cost.
(6) "Anti-neoplastic agents" means
chemotherapy drugs or compounds used in the treatment of cancer. For the
purpose of this rule containers or other items containing residues of
anti-neoplastic agents shall not be considered anti-neoplastic
agents.
(7) "Residues of
anti-neoplastic agents" means the portion of compound that remains in a
container or other item after all the compound has been removed using the
practices commonly employed to remove materials from that type of container,
e.g., pouring, pumping, and aspirating; and no more than 2.5 centimeters (one
inch) of material remain on the bottom of the container or other item, or no
more than 3 (three) percent by weight of the total capacity of the container
remains in the container or other item.
(8) "Multiple-chamber incinerator" means an
incinerator consisting of at least two refractory lined combustion chambers
(primary and secondary) in series, physically separated by refractory walls,
interconnected by gas passage ports or ducts.
(9) "Afterburner" means an auxiliary burner
for destroying unburned or partially burned combustion gases after they have
passed from the combustion chamber.
(10) "Batch Incinerator" means an incinerator
that is loaded while the chamber(s) is cold and is not recharged until the
burndown cycle is complete.
(11)
"Biologicals" means noxious organisms.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 68-25-105 and 4-5-202.
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