The Waste and Hazardous Materials Division (WHMD), within the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) registers facilities that
generate, store, decontaminate, or incinerate medical waste.
A. NAME OF PERMIT OR APPROVAL:
Registration as a Medical Waste Producing Facility
B. STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
Part 138,
Medical Waste, Public Health Code, Public Act 368 of 1978, as amended
C. APPLICABLE REGULATION:
Michigan Administrative Code, Rules
Administered by MDEQ, WHMD
Medical Waste (R 325.1541 ? R 325.1549)
D. MICHIGAN
BUSINESS ONE STOP:
The Michigan Business One Stop (One Stop) www.michigan.gov/business
is a tool designed to allow businesses to interact with the State of Michigan. The tool
offers:
- a set of screening questions based upon your business
sector to identify permits, licenses and registrations that may be
required to do business in Michigan.
- an option to pay fees online. For many
programs, you can pay your business license fee in One
Stop through use of an online form and shopping cart.
- many online permit applications and renewals. When
starting a new business and registering in One Stop, you will need to
identify a business sector (also known as a NAICS Code). You can find
your code at www.naics.com,
select "Code Search." After entering this
code in One Stop and answering some screening questions,
links to relevant permit applications will automatically be available in
your newly created workspace. One benefit of accessing applications
through One Stop is that you will receive status messages
throughout the application process.
Using the One Stop provides many benefits to businesses in Michigan. By conducting your business
through One Stop you can organize your State of Michigan transactions in one place. If you
ever need assistance with One Stop, then you can contact the Customer Assistance Center
at 877-766-1779; they are open from 7 am to 6 pm. One Stop is a
valuable tool that offers many benefits to business. We hope you give it a try.
E. SUMMARY OF PERMIT/APPROVAL PROCESS:
1.
Applicability (activities that require the permit)
Registration required for any facility that generates, stores,
decontaminates, or incinerates medical waste on a regular basis as part of
their daily activity. This would include transporters who store medical waste
before delivering to a destination facility. The five categories of medical
waste that are regulated under this program are:
- Cultures and stocks of infectious
agents and associated biologicals, including
laboratory waste, biological production wastes, discarded live and
attenuated vaccines, culture dishes, and related devices.
- Liquid human and animal waste,
including blood and blood products and body fluids, but not including
urine or materials stained with blood or body fluids.
- Pathological waste.
- Sharps.
- Contaminated wastes from animals that
have been exposed to agents infectious to humans, these being primarily
research animals.
Facilities such as factories, small businesses, hotels, and athletic clubs
that provide sharps containers for collection of needles generated by employees
or patrons due to treatment of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, are not
typically regulated under this program. However, OSHA standards may apply.
2.
Pre-Application Requirements
Not applicable
3.
Application Submission Requirements
Each applicant must register on a form prescribed by the department
providing facility name, address, phone number, county name, and a contact name
and title. The facility must also designate the type of facility (e.g., private
practice, office, or hospital) as noted on the form.
4.
Procedures and Time-Frame for Obtaining Permit or Approval
The initial registration application (EQP 1700-2) or the renewal application
(EQP 1700) is submitted to the MDEQ with the appropriate fee listed on the
application or confirmation of fee payment by credit card. The application is
reviewed by MDEQ staff for completeness and accuracy and, if acceptable, a
certificate of registration is issued. Processing time is 14 ? 28 days. Once a
facility is registered, a renewal application will be mailed by the MDEQ to
the facility approximately one month prior to the expiration date of their
current certificate.
5.
Operational Requirements
Registered facilities must prepare and maintain on file a written medical
waste management plan that contains information required in section 13817 of
the MWRA within 90 days of registering. All medical waste must be stored,
decontaminated, and/or incinerated in accordance with the regulations
established by the MWRA.
6.
Fees
Registration fees are as follows:
- $50: Private practice office
with fewer than four licensees who are physicians, dentists, podiatrists,
certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, or veterinarians
employed by, under contract to, or working at the producing facility
- $80: Private practice office
with four or more licensees
- $75: All health facilities,
agencies, hospitals with less than 150 licensed beds, or any other
producing facility that is not a health facility or agency
- $150: Hospitals with 150
licensed beds or more or a clinical laboratory
7.
Appeal Process
Administrative hearing pursuant to 1969 PA 306, as amended, being 24.201 et
seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws
8.
Public Input Opportunities
This program registers facilities that generate, store, decontaminate, or
incinerate medical waste. Complaints or comments related to a facility may be
filed with the MDEQ at any time. More complex facilities (e.g. medical waste treatment
facilities) would also be required to obtain air emission permits from the MDEQ's Air quality Division, which have formal public
input processes.
F. ADMINISTERING AGENCY:
Waste and Hazardous Materials Division, Medical Waste Regulatory Program,
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan
48909-7741
- Program Phone: 517-241-1320
or 517-335-1146
- Environmental Assistance
Center: 1-800-662-9278,
e-mail: deq-ead-env-assist@michigan.gov
Creation/Revision Date:
October 2010
