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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 20. Virginia Waste Management Board
Chapter 120. Regulated Medical Waste Management Regulations
2/8/2023

9VAC20-120-680. Scope.

This part of the chapter describes procedures for obtaining a permit for the transfer, treatment or storage of regulated medical waste, unless specifically excluded by these regulations or under a permit by rule as defined in 9VAC20-120-160, 9VAC20-120-170, and 9VAC20-120-180. Owners and operators of regulated medical waste management units shall have permits during the active life (including the closure periods) of the unit. An applicant may be considered to have a permit or a permit may be terminated for one or more units at a facility without simultaneously affecting all of the units at the facility.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1402 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR672-40-01:1 § 10.1, eff. June 29, 1994; amended, Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 18, eff. June 19, 2002.

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