Chapter: 7.1 Important provisions of the Biomedical Waste Rules

Important provisions of the Rules

A] The Rule casts obligation on every occupier of an instituion generating bio-medical waste, which includes a hospital nursing home, clinic, dispensary, veterinary institutions, and animal house, pathological laboratory, blood bank by whatever name called to take all steps to ensure that such waste is handled without any adverse effect to human health and the environment.
B] The Rule also lays down standards for treatment and disposal of Biomedical waste.
C] The occupier is also required to set up requisite bio-medical waste treatment facilities like incinerator, autoclave, microwave system for the treatment of waste, or, ensure requisite treatment of waste at a common waste treatment facility or any other waste treatment facility.
D] Every authorized person shall maintain records related to the generation collection, reception, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal and/or any form of handling of bio-medical waste in accordance with these rules and any guidelines issued. All records shall be subjected to inspection and verification by the prescribed authority at any time.
E] The Act also makes it mandatory for the authorized person to report occurrence of any accident at any institution or facility or any other site where bio-medical waste is handled or during transportation of such waste, to the prescribed authority forth with.