# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 06 — Diseases

### Chapter 06 — Communicable Disease Prevention — Handling, Treatment, and Disposal of Special Medical Waste

#### Regulation .07 Disposal of Special Medical Waste.

*COMAR 10.06.06.07*

A. Subject to §§B and C of this regulation, a person shall dispose of special medical waste after treatment by one of the following methods:

  (1) Interment;

  (2) Depositing in a facility approved to accept the type of solid waste being disposed in accordance with §C of this regulation; or

  (3) Incineration.

B. A person may discharge a special medical waste that is liquid, semiliquid, or anatomical material that has been mechanically destroyed into a sewerage system, if the discharge is allowed under:

  (1) Local ordinance or regulation; and

  (2) Environment Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland.

C. A person shall dispose of special medical waste in accordance with:

  (1) State laws and regulations pertaining to solid waste disposal including Environment Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland; and

  (2) Local ordinances and regulations to the extent that the local requirements are not preempted by or in conflict with State law.