N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1389-bb

§ 1389-bb. Requirements for generators of regulated medical waste. 1.\nAll the requirements of this title shall apply to hospitals as defined\nin subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter\nand to residential health care facilities as defined in subdivision\nthree of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter and clinical\nlaboratories as defined in section five hundred seventy-one of this\nchapter.\n 2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing\nstandards which shall be applicable to generators of regulated medical\nwaste, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment.\nSuch standards shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements\nrespecting:\n (a) Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the quantities of\nsuch regulated medical waste produced and the disposition thereof;\n (b) Compliance with the marking, labeling and packaging requirements\npursuant to section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-cc of this title;\n (c) Compliance with the tracking system pursuant to section 27-1504 of\nthe environmental conservation law; and\n (d) Submission of an annual report to the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation, and additional reports at such times as the\nsaid commissioner deems necessary, on such forms as the said\ncommissioner shall prescribe, respecting the quantities of regulated\nmedical waste produced during a specified time period, and the\ndisposition thereof.\n