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TITLE a 0 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH § M5 1800.89) (m) Trash chutes shall not be used to transfer infectious waste between locations where it is contained e NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 209, 25150 and 25137.3, Health and Safety Cade. Refer. enee: Sections 25117.11, 4.5117.12, 25123.3 and 45201. Health and Safety Code; and Sec. tion 4143, Business and Professions Code. HISTORY: 1. Amendment of subsections (d), 0) and (k) filed 10-16-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No.41). 66945. Treatment and Disposal of Infectious Waste. (a) Treatment or disposal of infectious waste shall be by one of the following methods: (1) By incineration in a controlled -air multi-chambered incinerator which M vides complete combustion of the waste to carbonized or mineralized ash. ectious waste so rendered noninfectious shall be disposable as nonhazardous waste provided it is not an otherwise hazardous waste. (2) By burial at a Class I or Class Il disposal site, as designated and approved pursuant to Sections 2500 through 2555, Title 23, CAC, except as prohibited by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, by the local health officer. (3) By discharge to sewerage system if the waste is liquid or semiliquid. 4)By sterilization by heatinty in a steam sterilizer, or by other sterilization . tee que approved in writing the Department, so as to render the waste noninfectious. Infectious waste so rendered noninfectious shall be disposable as nonhazardous waste provided it is not an otherwise hazardous waste. Operating procedures for steam sterilizers shall include, but not be limited to the follow- ing: (A) Adoption of standard written operating procedures for each steam steril- izer including time, temperature,pressure, type of waste, type of container (s), closure on container (s), pattern of loading, water content, and maximum load quantity. (B) Check of recording and/or indicating thermometers during each com- plete cycle to ensure the attainment of a temperature of 121' C (250` F) for one-half hour or longer, depending on quantity and compaction of the load, in order to achieve sterilization of the entire load. Thermometers shall be checked for calibration at least annually. (C) Use of heat sensitive tape or other device for each container that is processed to indicate the attainment of adequate sterilization conditions. (D) Use of the biological indicator Bacillus stearothermophilus placed at the center of a load processed under standard operating conditions at least monthly to confirm the attainment of adequate sterilization conditions. (E) Maintenance of records of procedures specified in (A), (B) and (D) above for period of not less than one year. (b) Cultures of viable etiologic agents shall be rendered noninfectious before disposal to land by heating the cultures in a steam sterilizer, by incinera- tion or by another sterilization technique approved in writing by the Depart- ment.