Ministerial Decree No. 87 validating Sanitary Regulation “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for public health institutions.” Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste non-domestic sources Hazardous waste Waste management Waste disposal Transport/storage Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes requirements for collection, treatment, transportation, storage and disposal of medical waste. Medical waste shall be classified as hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste. Collection, temporary storage and transportation of medical waste shall be carried out in accordance with the following scheme: (a) accounting of qualitative and quantitative composition of medical waste formation; (b) rules for collection of medical waste; (c) treatment (decontamination) and removal of waste; and (d) hygienic training of staff. Full text Russian Website adilet.minjust.kz