The responsibilities include amongst others, include the following requirements:-
- A generator of health care waste must ensure that the generation of health care waste is as far as possible minimised at source.
- A generator must segregate different categories of health care waste at the point of generation and put reasonable measures in place to maintain this segregation at all times thereafter.
- Only a generator or disposer may store health care risk waste.
- A generator, treater or disposer of health care risk waste must at all times store health care risk waste in appropriate, clearly labelled containers.
- A generator or disposer of health care risk waste must prevent public access to health care risk waste containers and storage facilities.
- A generator or disposer of health care risk waste must ensure that his or her storage area for health care risk waste is clearly demarcated and includes appropriate signage.
- A generator, treater or disposer of health care risk waste must ensure that all health care risk waste is treated at a treatment facility before disposal.
- A generator or disposer of health care waste must ensure that all health care waste is disposed of at a disposal site.
- A generator, transporter, treater or disposer of health care risk waste must ensure that radioactive waste for which he or she is responsible is managed in terms of the provisions of the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973.
- A generator, transporter, treater or disposer of health care risk waste must maintain up-to-date written or
electronic records of the health care risk waste that he, she or it generated, treated, transported or disposed of.
- A generator and disposer of health care risk waste must keep the written or electronic records of health care risk waste.
- A generator or disposer of health care risk waste must make these records available to the public, if requested, in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000.
- A generator or disposer of health care risk waste must submit all the information to the Department and the Provincial Minister may stipulate the format and the specific dates for submission of such information.
- A generator or disposer of health care risk waste must, register with the Department by submitting to the Department a duly completed registration form that is available from the Department.
- A generator, transporter, treater or disposer of health care risk waste must perform and record internal audits, and must make them available to inspectors on request.