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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: June 27, 2024) |
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64. Department of Health |
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64B5. Board of Dentistry |
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64B5-25. Sterilization And Disinfection Procedures |
1(1) Licensees who generate biohazardous waste as defined by 10Department of Health Rules contained in 16Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C., 19Biomedical Waste, variously effective 06/01/2009, which are incorporated herein by reference hereto and which may be obtained from 37http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13447 39or 40https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/ChapterHome.asp?Cha42pter=64E-16, 43shall comply with the requirements of that chapter in order to maintain minimum sanitary conditions as required by Section 62466.028(1)(u), F.S., 64and to meet minimum acceptable standards of dental treatment.
73(2) Extracted teeth used for scientific, educational or testing purposes or returned to the patient or patient’s legal guardian, should first be cleaned of adherent patient material. Teeth should then be decontaminated in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Rule 11464B5-25.003, 115F.A.C., and kept in a sealed labeled sterilized pouch.
124(3) To render an extracted tooth non-biohazardous it must be decontaminated in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Rule 14464B5-25.003, 145F.A.C.
146(4) Extracted teeth and tissue fragments not required for microscopic examination shall be discarded as biohazardous waste or as a sharp in accordance with Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C.
173Rulemaking Authority 175456.032, 176466.004 FS. 178Law Implemented 180456.032, 181466.028(1)(u), 182(ff), (8), 184466.041(2) FS. 186History–New 11-16-89, Amended 1-7-92, Formerly 21G-25.007, Amended 3-30-94, Formerly 61F5-25.007, 59Q-25.007, Amended 9-7-21.
