§ 117725 Medical Waste Treatment Facilities

• •A 'medical waste treatment facility' is a place that handles and treats medical waste from other places.
• •This includes the land, buildings, and equipment used for treating and storing medical waste.
• •The facility must have permission from the department to handle and store medical waste.
• •The land is considered part of the facility if it is owned, rented, or controlled by the facility.

A hospital has a contract with a company to handle its medical waste.

The company's land, buildings, and equipment used to treat and store the hospital's medical waste are considered a 'medical waste treatment facility'. This includes any land the company owns, rents, or controls through a contract.