(1) Registrations with the Department shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance.(2) Registrations that are not renewed in accordance with the renewal schedule and Department rules are automatically revoked by operation of law.(3) To renew, each registrant must submit all of the following: (a) a completed renewal application on the Department-approved form;(b) the fee as prescribed by O.C.G.A. §43-46A;(c) a fingerprint-based background check by the Georgia Crime Information Center and Federal Bureau of Investigation must be submitted by each owner of a company. 1. No person who is currently serving a sentence of incarceration or probation for any felony under the laws of this state or any other state or the federal government shall be issued a trauma scene waste management practitioner registration.(d) proof of liability insurance coverage in the amount of at least $100,000.00 for each occurrence for the trauma scene waste management practitioner, his or her employees, and each independent contractor of such trauma scene waste management practitioner who performs trauma scene waste management services.1. Such proof shall be provided to the Department as necessary to demonstrate continuation of coverage throughout the registration period.(e) a bond executed with a surety company duly authorized to do business in Georgia and payable to the Governor for the use and benefit of any person who is harmed by such trauma scene waste practitioner, his or her employee, or an independent contractor of such trauma scene waste management practitioner in the performance of trauma scene waste management services.1.The bond shall be in the amount of $25,000.00 and shall run concurrent with the registration period.2.The bond shall be submitted on a Department-approved form.(f) Proof of a valid generation and transportation permit from the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the provision of trauma scene waste management services or submission of an affidavit that registrant contracts with an entity which has such permit and proof of that entity's permit.(g) Proof of all current certifications held by such practitioner in the removal and disposal of regulated biomedical waste and proof of all current certifications held by any contractor used by the practitioner for the provision of trauma scene waste management services.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 550-3-.01
O.C.G.A. §§ 43-46A-2, 43-46A-4.
Original Rule entitled "Renewal" adopted. F. Mar. 2, 2021; eff. Mar. 22, 2021.