A person who spills health care risk waste and a person who is in control of health care risk waste at the time that it is spilt, other than health care risk waste spilt on the premises of hospitals, clinics and surgeries, must:-
- immediately notify the municipality concerned that such waste has been spilled;
- immediately take steps to make the area safe for the public;
- rehabilitate the place at which the spillage has occurred;
- ensure that the health care risk waste spilt is treated, transported and disposed of in accordance with this Act; and
- take measures to avoid the recurrence of a spill.