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Amendment Rules, 2018


Phase out chlorinated plastic bags (excluding blood bags) and gloves by March 27, 2019.

All healthcare facilities shall make available the annual report on its website within a period of two years (from 2018).

Operators of common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facilities shall establish barcoding and global positioning system for handling of bio-medical waste in accordance with guidelines issued by the CPCB.

Every person having administrative control over the institution generating biomedical waste shall pre-treat it through sterilization on-site in the manner as prescribed by WHO and then sent to the Common biomedical waste treatment facility for final disposal.