Broward County Health Department: To promote and protect the health and safety of all persons in Broward County through the delivery of quality public health services
Environmental Health
Biomedical Waste

The Biohazards Waste rule was originally written in 1987 as 10D-104 FAC; in 1993 the Florida legislature provided funding from the solid Waste Trust Fund. Additional funding is provided through the annual permitting of facilities that generate at least 25lbs of biomedical waste in any 30 day period. Permitted facilities are inspected annually. Facilities that generate less then 25lbs of biomedical waste in each 30 day period are exempt from the permitting requirement, and are inspected every three (3) years.

Department of Health oversight of Biomedical Waste management is conducted to assure proper identification, segregation, containment, storage and labeling of Biomedical Waste.

Chapter 64E-16FAC &381 FS requires Biomedical Waste Facilities to provide training to personnel whose responsibilities include some aspects of managing biomedical waste. Presently there are over 35,000 Biomedical Waste Facilities in Florida. These include Hospitals, Clinics, Nursing homes, Laboratories, Funeral Homes, Dentists, Veterinarians, Physicians, Transporters, and Storage and Treatment Facilities. The overriding objective is to protect Health Care workers, Environmental services staff, Waste Haulers and the general public from risks associated with potentially infectious Biomedical Waste. The Broward County Health Department’s Environmental Health Section trains environmental services and courier staff annually.

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