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Q-2, r. 17.1 - Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact
Section 241
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241. The following activities connected with the management of biomedical waste are exempted from authorization pursuant to this Division:
(1) the transportation of a load of less than 5 kg of medical sharps or domestic sharps;
(2) the transportation of less than 100 kg of biomedical waste per month by the producer of the waste;
(3) the transportation of less than 100 kg of domestic sharps per month by an operator referred to in section 3.2 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste (chapter Q-2, r. 12);
(4) the collection and storage of domestic sharps by an operator referred to in section 3.2 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste;
(4.1) the collection and storage of sharp medical objects used as part of the raising of animals to which the Agricultural Operations Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 26) applies;
(5) the storage of biomedical waste on its generation site;
(6) the storage of biomedical waste at a public health and social services institution when the waste comes only from such institutions, at a rate of less than 100 kg per month per institution;
(7) the treatment of biomedical waste by disinfection in an autoclave, in the following cases:
(a) the biomedical waste is treated on its generation site;
(b) the biomedical waste is domestic sharps and is treated on a biomedical waste generation site;
(c) the biomedical waste is treated at a public health and social services institution when the waste comes only from such institutions, at a rate of less than 100 kg per month per institution.
241. The following activities connected with the management of biomedical waste are exempted from authorization pursuant to this Division:
(1) the transportation of a load of less than 5 kg of medical sharps or domestic sharps;
(2) the transportation of less than 100 kg of biomedical waste per month by the producer of the waste;
(3) the transportation of less than 100 kg of domestic sharps per month by an operator referred to in section 3.2 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste (chapter Q-2, r. 12);
(4) the collection and storage of domestic sharps by an operator referred to in section 3.2 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste;
(5) the storage of biomedical waste on its generation site;
(6) the storage of biomedical waste at a public health and social services institution when the waste comes only from such institutions, at a rate of less than 100 kg per month per institution;
(7) the treatment of biomedical waste by disinfection in an autoclave, in the following cases:
(a) the biomedical waste is treated on its generation site;
(b) the biomedical waste is domestic sharps and is treated on a biomedical waste generation site;
(c) the biomedical waste is treated at a public health and social services institution when the waste comes only from such institutions, at a rate of less than 100 kg per month per institution.
In force: 2020-12-31
241. The following activities connected with the management of biomedical waste are exempted from authorization pursuant to this Division:
(1) the transportation of a load of less than 5 kg of medical sharps or domestic sharps;
(2) the transportation of less than 100 kg of biomedical waste per month by the producer of the waste;
(3) the transportation of less than 100 kg of domestic sharps per month by an operator referred to in section 3.2 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste (chapter Q-2, r. 12);
(4) the collection and storage of domestic sharps by an operator referred to in section 3.2 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste;
(5) the storage of biomedical waste on its generation site;
(6) the storage of biomedical waste at a public health and social services institution when the waste comes only from such institutions, at a rate of less than 100 kg per month per institution;
(7) the treatment of biomedical waste by disinfection in an autoclave, in the following cases:
(a) the biomedical waste is treated on its generation site;
(b) the biomedical waste is domestic sharps and is treated on a biomedical waste generation site;
(c) the biomedical waste is treated at a public health and social services institution when the waste comes only from such institutions, at a rate of less than 100 kg per month per institution.
