GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

 

Health and Family Welfare (G) Department

 

NOTIFICATION

 

No.55377/G3/99/H&FWD.                                                          Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 2nd June, 2000

 

 

 

                S.R.O.No.435/2000.-  In exercise  of the powers conferred under sub-rule (3) of rule 8 of the Hio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, notified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India under the provisions of the Environment Protection Act, 1986, and published as S.O.630(E), dated the 20th July, 1998 in Part II Section 3 (ii) of the Gazette of India Extraordinary, the Government of Kerala in consultation with  the Kerala State Pollution Control Board hereby prescribe the fee as mentioned in the schedule below, for the purpose of grant of authorisation as per the provisions of the said Rules, namely:-

 

SCHEDULE

 

 

 

SL.No.

No. of beds of hospitals

No. of patients treated/served for month in clinics/dispensaries/Pathological laborataries.blood banks

Other units

Fee for a block period of 3 years

(Rs.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

500 or more

200-499

  50-199

  25-49

    5-24

    0-4

 

10,000 and above

  7500 to 9999

  5000 to 7499

  2500 to 4999

  1000 to 2499

 

 

 

 

 

Animal house

 

Veterinary

institution

40,000

  7,500

  5,000

  2,500

  1,000

     500

 

 

    500

 

 

Note:-  If the institution has facilities mentioned under columns (2), (3) and (4), then the fee applicable

            Will be that higher of those in columns (2), (3) and (4).

 

 

                                                                                                                                By order of the Governor

 

 

                                                                                                                            RAHEEV SADANANDAN

                                                                                                                  Special Secretary to Government

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

 

                (This does note form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport)

 

                As per the Rule 8 (3) of the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling), Rules, 1998 notified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, the State Government have to prescribe/fee for the issuance of authorisation for generation, collection, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal and/or handling of bio-medical wastes.  The Kerala State Pollution Control Board is the prescribed Authority and the Competent Authority for the issuance of authorisation under the provisions of the said Rules.  The application for authorisation has to be accompanied with fee prescribed by the Government for this purpose.  The State Pollution Control Board, has proposed the fee structure and the Government have accepted the proposal.

 

                This notification is intended to achieve the above objective.