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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 20. Virginia Waste Management Board
Chapter 120. Regulated Medical Waste Management Regulations
2/4/2023

9VAC20-120-550. Compliance with other parts of this chapter.

In general, incinerator facilities shall comply with all other parts of this chapter. The site of the incinerator facility is a storage facility and must comply with Part V of this chapter. Management of spills or the opening in an emergency of any regulated medical waste package, shall comply with 9VAC20-120-270 and 9VAC20-120-280. Regulated medical wastes that are or will be incinerated in accordance with this chapter are not required to be shredded or ground.

Statutory Authority

Chapter 14 (§ 10.1-1400 et seq.) of Title 10.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR672-40-01:1 § 7.4, eff. June 29, 1994.

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