The Pharmacy Council of India vide its circular dated 20th December 2021 has directed the Healthcare facilities to comply with the provisions laid under Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 including obtaining authorization from concerned State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committee.
Biomedical waste management rule 2016 stipulate that issuing license to health care facilities or nursing homes or veterinary establishments by ministry of health and family welfare will be subject to condition of obtaining authorization from the prescribed authority for biomedical waste management.
Further, MoHFW shall monitor, refuse or cancel the license in case of violations of conditions of authorization or provisions under these rules.
As per the CPC status of compliance of BMWM rules, 2016, there are 3,22,425 health care facilities including 1,06,796 bedded and 2,15,780 non-bedded HCFs, however only 1,53,885 health care facilities have obtained authorization under BMWM rules, 2016. Therefore the pharmacy council has directed the remaining HCFs to comply with BMWM Rules, 2016.
