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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".43" citation="COMAR 26.13.10.43" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="10" heading="Reporting by Healthcare Facilities for Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Biennial Reporting.  Healthcare facilities are not subject to biennial reporting requirements under COMAR 26.13.03.06B with respect to non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals managed under Regulations .32—.49 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Exception Reporting for a Missing Copy of the Manifest.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For a shipment of a non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical from a healthcare facility to a designated facility, if the healthcare facility does not receive a copy of the manifest with the signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within 60 days of the date that the initial transporter accepted the non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical, the healthcare facility shall submit the following to the unit in the Department responsible for oversight of the State’s hazardous waste management program:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A legible copy of the original manifest for which the healthcare facility has not received confirmation of delivery to the designated facility; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A handwritten or typed note on the copy of the manifest itself, or on an attached sheet of paper, that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>States that the return copy of the manifest was not received;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Explains the efforts taken to locate the non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Presents the results of the efforts taken to locate the non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For a shipment of a non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical from a healthcare facility that was rejected by the designated facility and shipped to an alternate facility using appropriate manifest procedures, if the healthcare facility has not received, within 60 days of the date the rejected shipment was accepted by the initial transporter forwarding the shipment from the originally designated facility to the alternate facility, a copy of the manifest with the signature of the owner or operator of the alternate facility, the healthcare facility shall submit the following to the unit in the Department responsible for oversight of the State’s hazardous waste management program:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A legible copy of the original manifest for which the healthcare facility has not received confirmation of delivery to the designated facility; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A handwritten or typed note on the copy of the manifest itself, or on an attached sheet of paper, that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>States that the return copy of the manifest was not received;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Explains the efforts taken to locate the non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Presents the results of the efforts taken to locate the non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Additional Reports.  The Department may require healthcare facilities to furnish additional reports concerning the quantities and disposition of non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>