Which agency enforces Florida BDW regulations?

• A. Food and Drug Administration
• B. Environmental Protection Agency
• C. Local zoning boards
• D. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) and local health authorities enforce BDW rules.

Answer: (D)

Biomedical waste rules in Florida are enforced by the Florida Department of Health (DOH) with local health departments carrying out inspections and compliance actions. They establish and enforce the standards for handling, storage, transport, treatment, and disposal of BDW to protect public health and the environment. The federal FDA focuses on drugs, devices, and related safety, not on BDW enforcement, and the EPA handles federal environmental and hazardous-waste regulations, not day-to-day BDW enforcement at the state level. Local zoning boards deal with land use, not medical-waste management. So the DOH and local health authorities are the ones enforcing BDW rules.