New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 27-1507. Treatment and disposal of regulated medical waste

a. By incineration in a regulated medical waste incineration facility approved and under permit pursuant to article nineteen of this chapter which provides complete combustion of the waste to carbonized or mineralized ash.  Regulated medical waste so combusted shall be disposable as nonhazardous waste provided it is not an otherwise hazardous waste as defined in the regulations promulgated under section 27-0903 of this article.

b. By discharge to sewerage system if the waste is liquid or semiliquid except as specifically prohibited by the commissioner or the commissioner of health.

c. By decontamination by autoclaving, or by other technique approved by the department of health.  Regulated medical waste so treated shall be disposed of as solid waste provided it is not otherwise a hazardous waste as defined in section 27-0903 of this article or the regulations promulgated thereunder, and is accompanied by a certificate, in a form prescribed by the commissioner of health which evidences such treatment.

d. By other method approved in writing by the commissioner of health.