455B.503  Infectious waste treatment and disposal facilities — permits required — rules.
  The commission shall adopt rules which require a person who owns or operates an infectious waste treatment or disposal facility to obtain an operating permit before initial operation of the facility. The rules shall specify the information required to be submitted with the application for a permit and the conditions under which a permit may be issued, suspended, modified, revoked, or renewed. The rules shall address but are not limited to the areas of operator safety, recordkeeping and tracking procedures, best available appropriate technologies, emergency response and remedial action procedures, waste minimization procedures, and long-term liability. The department shall not grant permits for the construction or operation of a commercial infectious waste treatment or disposal facility until the commission has adopted the required rules.
91 Acts, ch 242, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1182, §4; 93 Acts, ch 103, §1; 99 Acts, ch 46, §2