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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 558 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER C - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ALL HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES
SECTION/RULE §558.286 - Disposal of Special or Medical Waste
Chapter Review Date 12/12/2022

(a) An agency must adopt and enforce a written policy for the safe handling and disposal of biohazardous waste and materials, if applicable.(b) An agency that generates special or medical waste while providing home health services must dispose of the waste according to the requirements in 25 TAC Chapter 1, Subchapter K (relating to Definition, Treatment, and Disposition of Special Waste from Health Care-Related Facilities). An agency must provide both verbal and written instructions to the agency's clients regarding the proper procedure for disposing of sharps. For purposes of this subsection, sharps include hypodermic needles, hypodermic syringes with attached needles, scalpel blades, razor blades, disposable razors, disposable scissors used in medical procedures, and intravenous stylets and rigid introducers.

Source Note: The provisions of this §558.286 adopted to be effective February 1, 2002, 26 TexReg 9159; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the April 12, 2019, issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 1893; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2427.

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