La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XIX-305

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIX-305 - Plumbing, Sewage, Garbage, and Waste [formerly paragraph 19:015]

A. All plumbing shall be installed and maintained in a manner so as to comply with all local and state plumbing codes and regulations, including Part XIV of this Code. Approved equipment shall be provided for cleaning and sanitizing bedpans, if used for more than one patient.

B. [Formerly paragraph 19:016] Sewage shall be disposed of in accordance with Part XIII of this Code and with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) hazardous waste regulations.

C. [Formerly paragraph 19:017] Garbage and trash shall be stored and disposed of in accordance with Part XXVII of this Code and with DNR regulations. Compactors, dumpsters and other equipment shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.

D. [Formerly paragraph 19:018] Contaminated dressings, surgical, obstetrical and laboratory waste shall be incinerated or sterilized before burial in a landfill. Disposable needles and other "sharps" shall be placed in specifically labeled containers of sufficient thickness to prevent breakthrough and disposed of in an approved manner, preferable incineration.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XIX-305

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1395 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(10) and R.S. 40:5(3).