NDAC 33.1-24-05-319
Shipping potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals from a health care facility or a reverse distributor to a reverse distributor
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code § 33.1-24-05-319
1.
Shipping potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. A health care facility or
a reverse distributor who transports or offers for transport potentially creditable hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals offsite to a reverse distributor must comply with all applicable United
States department of transportation regulations title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, part 171
through 180 for any potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical that meets the
definition of a hazardous material in title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, section 171.8. For
purposes of the department of transportation regulations, a material is considered a
hazardous waste if it is subject to the hazardous waste manifest requirements of sections
33.1-24-03-04 through 33.1-24-03-07. Because a potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceutical does not require a manifest, it is not considered a hazardous waste under
department of transportation regulations.
2.
Delivery confirmation. Upon receipt of each shipment of potentially creditable hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals, the receiving reverse distributor must provide confirmation, paper or
electronic, to the health care facility or reverse distributor that initiated the shipment that the
shipment of potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals has arrived at its
destination and is under the custody and control of the reverse distributor.
3.
Procedures for when delivery confirmation is not received within thirty-five days. If a
health care facility or reverse distributor initiates a shipment of potentially creditable hazardous
waste pharmaceuticals to a reverse distributor and does not receive delivery confirmation
within thirty-five calendar days from the date that the shipment of potentially creditable
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals was sent, the health care facility or reverse distributor that
initiated the shipment shall contact the carrier and the intended recipient, i.e., the reverse
distributor, promptly to report that the delivery confirmation was not received to determine the
status of the potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.
4.
Exporting potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. A health care facility
or reverse distributor that sends potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a
foreign destination shall comply with the applicable sections 33.1-24-03-50 through
33.1-24-03-59, except the manifesting requirements of subsection 3 of section 33.1-24-03-53,
in addition to subsections 1 through 3.
5.
Importing potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. Any person that
imports potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals into the United States is
subject to subsections 1 through 3 in lieu of sections 33.1-24-03-50 through 33.1-24-03-59.
Immediately after the potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals enter the United
States, they are subject to all applicable requirements of sections 33.1-24-05-310 through
33.1-24-05-320.