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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 10.06.06.07" title_num="10" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="06" heading="Disposal of Special Medical Waste.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Subject to §§B and C of this regulation, a person shall dispose of special medical waste after treatment by one of the following methods:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Interment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Depositing in a facility approved to accept the type of solid waste being disposed in accordance with §C of this regulation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Incineration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Local ordinance or regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Environment Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person shall dispose of special medical waste in accordance with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>State laws and regulations pertaining to solid waste disposal including Environment Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Local ordinances and regulations to the extent that the local requirements are not preempted by or in conflict with State law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>