8.38.010 Authority and Purpose.
This Chapter is promulgated under the authority of Chapter 70.05 of the Revised Code of Washington to protect public health and the environment, and prevent the spread of any dangerous, contagious, or infectious diseases. The purposes of this Chapter are to:
A. Provide broad powers of regulation to the Health Department and its appointed Health Officer, relating to the management of infectious waste.
B. Designate those infectious wastes which are dangerous to the public health and environment.
C. Provide the rules necessary to establish an infectious waste management plan.
D. Establish the operation and monitoring requirements for infectious waste generators, transporters, storage, and treatment facilities.
E. Establish and administer a program for permitting infectious waste generators, transporters, storage, and treatment facilities.
F. Provide for surveillance and monitoring of infectious wastes until they are rendered non-infectious and disposed of properly.