Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
The Joint Administrative Order is to be
implemented by the DENR through EMB
and its Regional Offices, the National Solid
Waste Management Commission (NSWMC)
and by the DoH through the Center for
Health Development (CHD), Bureau of
Health Facilities and Services (BHFS), Bureau
of Health Devices and Technology (BHDT),
the National Center for Disease Prevention
and Control (NCDPC), the National Center
for Health Facility Development (NCHFD),
and the National Reference Laboratory
(NRL)-East Avenue Medical Center in
Quezon City.
The EMB-Central Office and EMB- Regional
Office are the responsible and primary
regulatory agency for healthcare waste
management in the Philippines. The EMB is
tasked to enforce the requirements and
procedures including the permitting system on
healthcare waste management. Registration of
healthcare facilities as Hazardous Waste
Generators and the processing and approval
of permits for transporting waste are done at
the EMB-Regional Offices.
CHAPTER 3_COUNTRY ANALYSIS
The EMB-Central Office is tasked to evaluate
and approve applications for the registration
of hazardous waste transporter with specific
handling capability and the required type of
conveyance. The EMB- Central Office is
responsible for the registration of treatment,
storage and disposal facilities with appropriate
treatment and disposal technology for the
healthcare wastes. The Hazardous Wastes
Tracking System database established and
operated at the EMB-Central Office, is
updated regularly to further capacitate it in
extracting data and information specific to the
waste class of interest, quantities generated,
and the treatment and disposal method
employed. The Hazardous Wastes Tracking
System also hosts the data on the registered
hazardous wastes transporters and treatment,
storage and disposal facilities in the Philippines.
Licensing and issuance of permit to operate
healthcare facilities such as hospitals, medical
centers, clinics, etc., is the responsibility and
mandate of the Bureau of Health Facilities
and Services of the DoH. According to the
Philippines DoH, healthcare facilities and
services are being regulated by its Bureau of
Health Facilities and Services in coordination
with CHDs.
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