SANITARY AUTHORIZATIONS
Some of our Relevant Sanitary Authorizations, issued by the corresponding Ministries, are the following:
- SANITARY REPORT 27, dated April 11, 2008. Resolves in favor of our car parking facility, thus starting our operations.
- EXEMPT RESOLUTION 1204, dated May 20, 2008. First sanitary authorization for vehicles to transport special and hazardous waste.
- EXEMPT RESOLUTION 4683, dated December 18, 2014. Last update of sanitary authorization for the incorporation of vehicles.
- EXEMPT RESOLUTION 2978, dated August 10, 2015. Last update of sanitary authorization for the treatment of special waste.
For further information about our resolutions, please contact our office.
REGULATION ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WASTE FROM HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (REAS, Residuos generados en Establecimientos de Atención de Salud )
It provides the basic sanitary and safety conditions for the management of waste from health care establishments. "The important thing about this decree is that it creates the new classification of waste, which are generated in a Health Care Establishment".
SANITARY REGULATIONS ON HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (RESPEL, Residuos Peligrosos)
It provides the minimum sanitary and safety conditions for the generation, possession, storage, transportation, treatment, reuse, recycling, final disposal and other forms to dispose hazardous waste.
THE MAIN POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE GENERATOR ARE:
- Whether it is a Dental Clinic, Hospital, Laboratory or a Dialysis Center, there must be an Authorized area for waste storage in the facility, meeting at least the minimum provisions of the regulation.
You can store your special waste only for 72 hours. Should you keep special waste refrigerated below 4 Celsius degrees (4°C), you can storage them for longer time. - It creates the classification of waste generated in a Health Care Facility:
- Category 1: Hazardous Waste.
- Category 2: Low Intensity Radioactive Waste.
- Category 3: Special Waste
- Category 4: Waste Assimilable to Household Waste
- You can storage your hazardous waste for up to 6 months.
- It defines the hazardous characteristic properties of the hazardous waste from any industry:
- Acute toxicity
- Chronic Toxicity
- Extrinsic Toxicity
- Flammability
- Reactivity
THE STUDY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED REGULATIONS RESULT IN THE FULFILLMENT OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Decree 298(1994) of the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications: It regulates the Street and Road Transportation of Dangerous Loads.
- Decree 594 (2000) of the Ministry of the Environment: It approves the Regulations On Basic Environmental Sanitary Conditions In Workplaces.
REGARDING THE LABELING AND IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES:
- NCh 2190 (2003) of the (Chilean) National Standards Institute: it establishes the requirements for safety labels to identify the risks of hazardous substances. The safety labels are intended to be placed on the external surface of containers, packages or bundles containing these substances and on the transport units in which they are transported. Some of the labels used are the following:
- Likewise, hazardous substances must be marked according to their hazardous characteristic properties and must be identified with the corresponding UN number:
