La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XXVII-301
A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the sanitary code are defined for the purposes thereof as follows.
Generator-any person or facility that produces potentially infectious biomedical waste.
Health Care and Medical Facilities-shall include, but not be limited to hospitals, clinics, dialysis facilities, birthing centers, emergency medical services, mental health facilities, physicians' offices, outpatient surgery centers, nursing and extended care facilities, podiatry offices, dental offices and clinics, veterinary medical facilities, medical laboratories, home health care services, diagnostic services, mortuaries, and blood and plasma collection centers and mobile units.
Infectious Waste-that portion of potentially infectious biomedical waste which contains pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease.
Labeling-to pre-print, mold an impression, write on or affix a sign to a package that is water resistant, legible and readily visible.
Large Health Care and Medical Facility Generator-a health facility generating 25 or more kilograms (55 pounds) of potentially infectious biomedical waste, not including sharps, or 5 or more kilograms (11 pounds) of sharps per month.
Medical Waste-that portion of potentially infectious biomedical waste that is generated from the operation of medical programs, offices and facilities.
Packaging-containing of potentially infectious biomedical waste in disposable or reusable containers in such a manner as to prevent exposure to the waste material.
Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste-includes medical waste, infectious waste as defined herein, and as may be defined in other Louisiana law or code, and waste considered likely to be infectious by virtue of what it is or how it may have been generated in the context of health care or health care like activities. It includes, but is not limited to the following:
a. cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, including cultures from medical and pathological laboratories, from research and industrial laboratories;
b. human pathological wastes including tissue, organs, body parts and fluids that are removed during surgery or autopsy;
c. human blood, human blood products, blood collection bags, tubes and vials;
d. sharps used or generated in health care or laboratory settings;
e. bandages, diapers, "blue pads," and other disposable materials if they have covered infected wounds or have been contaminated by patients isolated to protect others from the spread of infectious diseases;
f. any other refuse which has been mingled with potentially infectious biomedical waste.
NOTE: For purposes of these regulations, eating utensils are excluded from the definition of potentially infectious biomedical waste.
NOTE: Also excluded are animal carcasses and bedding as regulated under §107 A-109.D of this Part, and very small quantities of uninfected human and animal surgical waste as specified in §303 E
NOTE: Once treated in accordance with the provisions of §1101 of these regulations, the waste shall be deemed not to be potentially infectious, and may be handled and treated in accordance with those regulations governing the management of other municipal and industrial waste.
Sharps-are needles, syringes, scalpels, scalpel blades, pipettes and other medical instruments capable of puncturing or lacerating skin. This definition also includes glass fragments and other health care and laboratory waste capable of puncturing or lacerating skin.
Small Health Care and Medical Facility Generator-a health facility generating less than 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of Potentially Infectious Biomedical waste, not including sharps, or less than 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of sharps per month.
Small Quantity of Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste-a single package containing less than 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of potentially infectious biomedical waste not including sharps, or less than 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of sharps.
Storage-the containment of potentially infectious biomedical waste until treated or transported from the premises of a generator or treatment facility while the material is still potentially infectious.
Transport-the movement of potentially infectious biomedical waste from the premises of a generator or others involved over more than 0.1 mile of public streets or roadways to places for storage, treatment or disposal.
Transporter-any person or firm who transports large quantities of potentially infectious biomedical waste or who transports any quantity of such waste generated by another. This definition shall not apply to municipal waste haulers who transport such waste disposed of in household waste under the provisions of §503 A
Treatment (in the case of potentially infectious biomedical wastes other than human bodies; gross anatomical parts such as limbs, torsos and heads; fetal remains; and sharps)-any method, technique, or process designed to change the character or composition of any potentially infectious biomedical waste so as to render the waste non-infectious. Treatment of human bodies, anatomical parts and fetal remains shall be by cremation, burial, or other means specifically authorized by law or regulation. Sharps shall be treated by incineration, encapsulation, or other means by which they are rendered unrecognizable as potentially infectious biomedical waste or otherwise unusable.
La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XXVII-301