Rule 3745-501-05 | Licensing requirements.
(A) No person shall operate or maintain a solid waste facility, a construction and demolition debris facility, or a construction and demolition debris processing facility without a separate license for each facility as required by Chapter 3714. or 3734. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder. The requirement to obtain a separate license does not apply to a construction and demolition debris facility and a co-located processing facility operating or proposing to operate under a single license.
[Comment: Failure to obtain a renewal license is grounds for closure.]
(B) Unless otherwise excluded by paragraph (C) of this rule, no person shall operate an infectious waste treatment facility without an infectious waste treatment facility license.
(C) Infectious waste treatment facility exclusions. An infectious waste treatment facility is excluded from the requirement to obtain a license if the infectious waste treatment facility meets any of the following criteria:
(1) Is the generator of infectious waste and exclusively treats waste that is generated at any premises owned or operated by that generator utilizing methods, techniques, and practices established in Chapter 3745-570 of the Administrative Code.
(2) Is a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, that exclusively accepts infectious wastes for treatment that are generated by any of the following:
(a) Generators who produce fewer than fifty pounds of infectious wastes during any one month, are not listed on a registration certificate as a generator of infectious wastes, and have staff privileges at the hospital.
(b) An emergency medical service organization, as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the infectious waste was generated in providing care to the patient at the scene of an emergency or during the transportation of the patient to the hospital.
(c) An individual for purposes of the individual's own care or treatment.
(3) Holds a license for a crematory facility issued under Chapter 4717. of the Revised Code and a permit issued under Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code.
(4) Treats or disposes of dead animals or parts thereof, or the blood of animals, and is subject to any of the following:
(a) Inspection under the "Federal Meat Inspection Act," 81 Stat. 584.21 U.S. C.A. 603.
(b) Chapter 918. of the Revised Code.
(c) Chapter 953. of the Revised Code.
(5) Holds a solid waste facility license with a notation on the license that the facility also treats infectious waste in accordance with division (B) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code.
(D) A license issued pursuant to this chapter is effective until December thirty-first of the year for which the license is issued, unless revoked.
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