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46M ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 22 (P. 18M.90) (001ster U. No. 2-1-124m) (e) Infectious wastes consisting of recognizable human anatomical remains shall not be disposed of by burial at a landfill disposal facility, but shall be disposed of by incineration or interment, unless burial at a Gass I landfill is specifically approved by the Department because the waste contains a hazard- ous chemical. Infectious human fetal remains shall be disposed of by incinera- tion or interment. NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 808, 25150 and 25157.3, Health and Safety Code. Refer- ence: Sections 7054.3, 7054.4, 23143, 25170 and 25937, Health and Safety Code. HIS'T`ORY: 1. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-16-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Reg- ister 84, No. 41) . . Transfer of Infectious Waste to Off -Site Treatment and Disposal Facili- ties. (a) Anyproducer of more than 100 kilograms of infectious waste per month shall transfer custody of the waste only to a auler who is registered as a hawdous waste hauler by the Department. A person is exempt from the requirements for registration of haulers of hazardous waste in order to haul a quantity of not greater than 100 kilograms of infectious waste during any one month,/ (b) 'infectious waste shall be tr rted to an off-site treatment or disposal facility in a leakproof, fully enol container or vehicle'compartment. (c) A quantity of more than 100 kilograms of infectious waste shall not be transported in the same vehicle with other waste unless the infectious waste is separately contained in rigid reusable containers or kept separate by barriers from .other waste, or unless all of the waste is to be treated or disposed of as infectious waste in accordance with the requirements of this article. (d) infectious waste shall not be unloaded and reloaded or transferred to another vehicle or stored for more than 96 hours at any off-site location or facility, except at a hazardous waste transfer station or other facility for which there is a valid and appropriate Hazardous Waste Facility Permit. At such a facility, the infectious waste shall be kept in a secured area separate from other wastes. (e) Infectious waste shall be delivered for treatment or disposal only to a facility for which there is a valid and appropriate Hazardous 'Vaste Facility Permit or to a treatment or disposal facility specified in Section 66855 of this Article that does not require a Hazardous Waste Facility Permit for treatment or disposal of infectious waste. (f) Persons manually loading or unloading containers of infectious waste on or from transport vehicles shall be provided by their employer with, and re- quired to wear, clean, protective gloves and coveralls. Other protective cloth- ing, face shields and respirators may be required as deemed necessary by the Department. (g) Surfaces of transport vehicles that have contacted spilled or leaked infec- tious waste shall be decontaminated by procedures as described in Section (k) of this article. (h) Vehicles trsporting more than 100 kilograms of infectious waste shall be identified on each side of the vehicle with the name or trademark of the hauler and with conspicuously displayed rectangular signs or decals 25 by 35 ,centimeters in size with red labeling on a white background with the words Infectious Waste or with the international biohazard symbol and the word "Biohazard". Such identifying labeling shall be readily legible during daylight from a distance of 50 feet. NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 23157.3, Health and Safety Code. Refer- ence: Sections 25143, 25163 and 25168. 1, Health and Safety Code.