75-10-1006. Licensing and regulation -- rulemaking authority. (1) A board or department of the state that licenses a profession, occupation, or health care facility that generates infectious waste shall require each licensee to comply with this part as a condition of licensure. The board or department shall adopt rules to implement this part and may impose and adjust annual fees commensurate with the costs of regulation.
     (2) A profession, occupation, or health care facility that generates or transports infectious waste or that operates treatment, storage, or disposal facilities regulated by this part that is not already licensed by a board or department under subsection (1) must obtain a permit annually from the department. The department shall adopt rules to implement this part and may establish an annual fee commensurate with the costs of regulation. Fees collected under the provisions of this part must be deposited in the solid waste management account established in 75-10-117.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 483, L. 1991.