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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".42" citation="COMAR 26.13.10.42" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="10" heading="Management of Rejected Shipments of Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals by Healthcare Facilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicability.  This regulation applies to a healthcare facility that sends a shipment of non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a designated facility with the understanding that the designated facility can accept and manage the waste, and later receives that shipment back as a rejected load in accordance with the manifest discrepancy provisions of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>COMAR 26.13.05.05C or COMAR 26.13.06.05, as applicable, if the designated facility is located in Maryland; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>40 CFR §264.72 or 40 CFR §265.72, as applicable, or equivalent state requirements, if the designated facility is not located in Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A healthcare facility identified in §A of this regulation may accumulate a rejected non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical on site for up to an additional 90 days if the healthcare facility manages the rejected shipment in accordance with Regulation .40 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Upon receipt of a rejected shipment of a non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical, a healthcare facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Sign either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Item 18c of the original manifest, if the original manifest was used for the returned shipment; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Item 20 of the new manifest, if a new manifest was used for the returned shipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide the transporter with a copy of the manifest;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Within 30 days of receipt of the rejected shipment, send a copy of the manifest to the designated facility that returned the shipment to the healthcare facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Within 90 days of receipt of the rejected shipment, transport or offer for transport the returned shipment in accordance with the shipping standards of Regulation .47A—E of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>