(415 ILCS 5/56.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.1)
Sec. 56.1. Acts prohibited.
(A) No person shall:
(a) Cause or allow the disposal of any potentially |
| infectious medical waste. Sharps may be disposed in any landfill permitted by the Agency under Section 21 of this Act to accept municipal waste for disposal, if both:
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(1) the infectious potential has been eliminated
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(2) the sharps are packaged in accordance with
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(b) Cause or allow the delivery of any potentially
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| infectious medical waste for transport, storage, treatment, or transfer except in accordance with Board regulations.
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(c) Beginning July 1, 1992, cause or allow the
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| delivery of any potentially infectious medical waste to a person or facility for storage, treatment, or transfer that does not have a permit issued by the agency to receive potentially infectious medical waste, unless no permit is required under subsection (g)(1).
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(d) Beginning July 1, 1992, cause or allow the
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| delivery or transfer of any potentially infectious medical waste for transport unless:
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(1) the transporter has a permit issued by the
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| Agency to transport potentially infectious medical waste, or the transporter is exempt from the permit requirement set forth in subsection (f)(l).
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(2) a potentially infectious medical waste
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| manifest is completed for the waste if a manifest is required under subsection (h).
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(e) Cause or allow the acceptance of any potentially
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| infectious medical waste for purposes of transport, storage, treatment, or transfer except in accordance with Board regulations.
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(f) Beginning July 1, 1992, conduct any potentially
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| infectious medical waste transportation operation:
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(1) Without a permit issued by the Agency to
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| transport potentially infectious medical waste. No permit is required under this provision (f)(1) for:
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(A) a person transporting potentially
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| infectious medical waste generated solely by that person's activities;
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(B) noncommercial transportation of less than
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| 50 pounds of potentially infectious medical waste at any one time; or
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(C) the U.S. Postal Service.
(2) In violation of any condition of any permit
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(3) In violation of any regulation adopted by the
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(4) In violation of any order adopted by the
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(g) Beginning July 1, 1992, conduct any potentially
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| infectious medical waste treatment, storage, or transfer operation:
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(1) without a permit issued by the Agency that
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| specifically authorizes the treatment, storage, or transfer of potentially infectious medical waste. No permit is required under this subsection (g) or subsection (d)(1) of Section 21 for any:
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(A) Person conducting a potentially
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| infectious medical waste treatment, storage, or transfer operation for potentially infectious medical waste generated by the person's own activities that are treated, stored, or transferred within the site where the potentially infectious medical waste is generated.
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(B) Hospital that treats, stores, or
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| transfers only potentially infectious medical waste generated by its own activities or by members of its medical staff.
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(C) Sharps collection station that is
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| operated in accordance with Section 56.7.
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(2) in violation of any condition of any permit
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(3) in violation of any regulation adopted by the
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(4) In violation of any order adopted by the
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(h) Transport potentially infectious medical waste
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| unless the transporter carries a completed potentially infectious medical waste manifest. No manifest is required for the transportation of:
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(1) potentially infectious medical waste being
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| transported by generators who generated the waste by their own activities, when the potentially infectious medical waste is transported within or between sites or facilities owned, controlled, or operated by that person;
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(2) less than 50 pounds of potentially infectious
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| medical waste at any one time for a noncommercial transportation activity; or
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(3) potentially infectious medical waste by the
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(i) Offer for transportation, transport, deliver,
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| receive or accept potentially infectious medical waste for which a manifest is required, unless the manifest indicates that the fee required under Section 56.4 of this Act has been paid.
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(j) Beginning January 1, 1994, conduct a potentially
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| infectious medical waste treatment operation at an incinerator in existence on the effective date of this Title in violation of emission standards established for these incinerators under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act (42 USC 7429), as amended.
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(k) Beginning July 1, 2015, knowingly mix household
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| sharps, including, but not limited to, hypodermic, intravenous, or other medical needles or syringes or other medical household waste containing used or unused sharps, including, but not limited to, hypodermic, intravenous, or other medical needles or syringes or other sharps, with any other material intended for collection as a recyclable material by a residential hauler.
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(l) Beginning on July 1, 2015, knowingly place
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| household sharps into a container intended for collection by a residential hauler for processing at a recycling center.
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(B) In making its orders and determinations relative to
penalties, if any, to be imposed for violating subdivision (A)(a) of
this Section, the Board, in addition to the
factors in Sections 33(c) and 42(h) of this Act, or the Court shall take into
consideration whether the owner or operator of the landfill reasonably relied
on written statements from the person generating or treating the waste that
the waste is not potentially infectious medical waste.
(C) Notwithstanding subsection (A) or any other provision of law, including the Vital Records Act, tissue and products from an abortion, as defined in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive Health Act, or a miscarriage may be buried, entombed, or cremated.
(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19.)
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(415 ILCS 5/56.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.2)
Sec. 56.2. Regulations.
(a) No later than July 1, 1993, the Board shall adopt
regulations in accordance with Title VII of this Act prescribing design and
operating standards and criteria for all potentially infectious medical
waste treatment, storage, and transfer facilities. At a minimum, these
regulations shall require treatment of potentially infectious medical waste
at a facility that:
(1) eliminates the infectious potential of the waste;
(2) prevents compaction and rupture of containers |
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(3) disposes of treatment residuals in accordance
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(4) provides for quality assurance programs;
(5) provides for periodic testing using biological
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| testing, where appropriate, that demonstrate proper treatment of the waste;
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(6) provides for assurances that clearly demonstrate
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| that potentially infectious medical waste has been properly treated; and
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(7) is in compliance with all Federal and State laws
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| and regulations pertaining to environmental protection.
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(b) After the effective date of the Board regulations adopted under
subsection (a), each applicant for a potentially infectious medical waste
treatment permit shall prove that the facility will not cause a violation
of the Act or of regulations adopted thereunder.
(c) No later than July 1, 1993, the Board shall adopt regulations
in accordance with Title VII of this Act prescribing standards and criteria
for transporting, packaging, segregating, labeling, and marking potentially
infectious medical waste.
(d) In accord with Title VII of this Act, no later than January 1, 1992,
the Board shall repeal Subpart I of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 809.
(e) No later than January 1, 1992, the Board shall adopt rules that are
identical in substance to the list of etiologic agents identified as Class
4 agents as set forth in "Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis
of Hazard, 1974", published by the Centers for Disease Control. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, any person, including the Agency, may propose rules under Section 28 to amend the listing of etiologic agents
identified as Class 4 agents. When proposing rules, the proponent may consult classifications published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules" published by the National Institutes for Health, or "Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories" published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Board shall take action on a proposal to amend the listing of Class 4 agents not later than 6 months after receiving it.
(f) In accord with Title VII of this Act, the Board may adopt regulations
to promote the purposes of this Title. The regulations prescribed in
subsection (a), (c), and (e) shall not limit the generality of this authority.
(Source: P.A. 102-243, eff. 8-3-21.)
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