Medical Waste, Jacksonville Florida: UMI Offers a Unique Combination of Affordability & Reliability

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Oct. 21, 2015 - PRLog -- Healthcare is a heavily regulated industry in Florida as elsewhere, and few aspects of it are more so than the handling of infectious biohazardous medical waste.  Hospitals, medical clinics, physician practices, dentist offices and other so-called "medical waste generators" and transporters operating in and around Jacksonville must cope with a maze of myriad statutes, rules and regulations promulgated by governments at every level from the Duval County Health Department to the United Nation's World Health Organization.

At the federal level, the long list of bureaucratic acronyms impacting medical waste generation, handling, collection, storage, transport, treatment and disposal ranges from CDC to DOT, EPA, HIPAA, OSHA and others.  And in the Sunshine State, the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) with its Division of Environmental Health is omnipresent in biomedical waste oversight.  FDOH is empowered not only to promulgate procedures for medical waste disposal but also to enforce their compliance and to penalize violators.  Those penalties can include not only stiff fines but also imprisonment.  According to Florida Administrative Code (FAC) Rule 64E-16.013:

"(1) According to Section 381.0025, F.S., any person who generates, transfers, treats, stores, transports or disposes of biomedical waste in violation of this chapter; or who interferes with, hinders, or opposes any employee of the department in the discharge of his duties, or who impersonates an employee of the department, is chargeable with a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in Sections 775.082 and 775.083, F.S. [i.e. by a term of imprisonment for up to 60 days].
(2) For violation of any provision of Chapter 64E-016, F.A.C., the department shall deny, suspend or revoke any biomedical waste permit or impose an administrative fine of up to $2500 per day for each violation of this chapter or pursue other enforcement action authorized by law. In determining the type and degree of enforcement action necessary, the department shall take into consideration the following:
(a) The gravity of the violation, including the probability that death or serious physical harm to any person may result or has resulted, the severity of the actual or potential harm, and the extent to which the provisions of the applicable statutes or rules were violated.
(b) Actions taken by the owner or operator to correct violations.
(c) Any previous violations."

Federal penalties for the mishandling of medical waste in Jacksonville/Duval County FL can be even more onerous.  And for any given violation either the medical waste generator, the medical waste transporter, or both parties may be held to account.  Consequently, choosing a reliable sharps collection and medical waste removal service should be of paramount importance to every healthcare facility in Florida, from the largest hospital campus to the humblest home hospice operation.  And in today's challenging JAX economy, healthcare practitioners both big and small must give weight to affordability as well as reliability when choosing their new medical waste management solutions provider.

United Medical Industries Corp. ("UMI Waste") is a fully-licensed, fully-insured and full-service Florida medical waste disposal hauler and transporter offering a uniquely professional, affordable, reliable and comprehensive portfolio of infectious biohazardous waste collection, removal, transport and treatment services in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations.  For a fast quote and free initial pickup call toll-free 866-864-1316 or logon to https://umibiomedical.com.