Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:1E-48.8

  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. No person may transport regulated medical waste unless the person has:

(1) satisfied all requirements prescribed by the Department of Environmental Protection, and filed a registration statement and obtained approval thereof from the department on a form provided, and containing all information requested by the department;

(2) paid an annual registration fee in an amount set by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to a rule or regulation adopted in accordance with the “Administrative Procedure Act;”

(3) received written instruction from the departments on the proper and safe tracking, identification, packaging, storage, control, monitoring, handling, collection, and disposal of regulated medical waste;

(4) obtained a registration statement required by section 5 of P.L. 1970, c. 39 (C. 13:1E-5);

(5) obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity required by section 7 of P.L. 1970, c. 40 (C. 48:13A-6);

(6) complied with the requirements of P.L. 1983, c. 392 (C. 13:1E-126 et seq.); and

(7) paid an annual fee to, and in an amount set by, the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to section 9 of this act.

b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to a generator who generates less than three cubic feet of regulated medical waste per month and who transports that regulated medical waste to another generator for storage or disposal.

L. 1989, c. 34, s. 8.