All persons or entities which generate, collect, receive, store, transport, treat, dispose of or handle bio medical waste in any form, including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries, veterinary institutions, animal houses, pathological laboratories, blood banks, ayush hospitals, clinical establishments and research or educational institutions, are subject to the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.

The Union Government of India enacted a law in 1974 known as Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1974 to prevent and control the level of pollution in the water bodies. Subsequently, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board HSPCB was constituted on 19 09 1974 Later, the Parliament of Indian Union enacted one more law, known as Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981 to regulate and monitor pollution in the air. The Haryana State Pollution Control Board HSPCB was entrusted to implement the on-ground practices and procedures by exercising the powers given by the above mentioned two laws and also subsequent laws and amendments.