5 Year Jail, Rs 1 Lakh Fine for Not Disposing Medical Waste Properly
New Delhi: The hospitals, nursing homes and other medical institutions in the capital will have to be careful about disposal of medical waste, as violation of the new biomedical rules will attract a jail term of five years or a fine of Rs 1 lakh or both from now on.
The Delhi government is soon going to impose new rules in this regard, known as the Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 which are going to replace the existing rules, that is, The Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998,
The new rules clearly state that failure to comply with provisions of the rule will attract penal action as per provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, which includes imprisonment of five years or a fine of Rs 1 lakh or both.
The said rules cover all persons who generate, collect, receive, store, transport, treat, dispose, or handle biomedical waste in any form.
Moreover, as per the new rules, laboratory waste, microbiological waste, blood samples and blood bags should be pre-treated through disinfection or sterilisation on-site as prescribed by World Health Organization or the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO), according to a government statement.
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