§ 12A-2-7 Medical waste.
(A) Regulated Facilities. Hospitals, clinics, offices of medical doctors, mortuaries, morgues and long-term health care:
(1) May discharge through a grinder installation after Director approval. The installation will have inlet size and design features suitable for its intended use and so constructed that all particles pass through a maximum 3/8-inch mesh opening;
(2) Shall not discharge to the sewer by any means:
(a) Solid wastes generated in the rooms of patients who are isolated because of a suspected or diagnosed communicable disease;
(b) Recognizable portions of the human anatomy;
(c) Equipment, instruments, utensils and other materials of a disposable nature that may harbor or transmit pathogenic organisms and that are used in the rooms of patients having a suspected or diagnosed communicable disease which by the nature of the disease is required to be isolated by public health agencies;
(d) Wastes excluded by other provisions of this chapter.
(B) Limit of Authority. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality or other federal, state or local authorities to define waste as being medical waste and, with the concurrence of the Director, to require that the waste will not be discharged to the POTW. (Ord. 14-1290, passed 3-3-2014; Am. Ord. 23-1584, passed 9-25-2023)