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AMA Calls for Self-Referral Disclosure

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Legal Update
Is Your Facility Environmentally Compliant?
Edward Callaway, JD

You may not see your facility as a waste generator, but if you have an incinerator or lab on site, discharge fluid waste into the municipal sewer or ship out red bag waste, you are — and you likely face regulation by local, state or federal authorities over these and other processes.

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