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Medical Waste Regulatory Program (MWRP) Overview
The MWRP administers and enforces Michigan's Medical Waste Regulatory Act (MWRA), and the rules adopted pursuant to the act. (See web link below for a copy of the act and rules.) The MWRA provides regulations for the handling, storage, treatment, and disposal of medical waste. Its objective is to protect those persons who come into contact with medical waste from exposure to the risk of injury, infection, or disease that is created from improperly disposed medical waste. The MWRA mandates how producing facilities of medical waste must manage their medical waste from the point at which it is generated to its ultimate disposal point. Generators of medical waste are required to register as producing facilities of medical waste under the MWRA.
To obtain an application or if there are any questions, please contact Andrew Shannon at 517-335-1146 or John Gohlke at 517-241-1320 or e-mail to MedicalWaste@michigan.gov.

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• Registration Fee Payment Information PDF icon

• The Point is...Needles Hurt! PDF icon

• Sharps Collection Programs for Michigan Residents PDF icon

• MWRP Status Letter PDF icon

• MWRP Staff & Contacts PDF icon

• Approved Alternative Treatment Technologies for Medical Waste PDF icon

• Medical Waste Management Sample Plan PDF icon

• MWRP 2007 Annual Report PDF icon

• Medical Waste Disposal Services PDF icon


Laws & Rules

• Medical Waste Regulatory Act & Rules PDF icon





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