FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: BIOMEDICAL WASTE FACILITIES IN FLORIDA - MARCH 20168 

Geodataset Name:       BIOMED_WASTE_MAR18
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         38541
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This shapefile contains biomedical waste facilities inspected by the Florida Department of Health. There are approximately 42,000 facilities in Florida that generate biomedical waste. These include hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, laboratories, funeral homes, dentists, veterinarians, physicians, pharmacies that provide flu shots, body piercing salons, tattoo shops, transporters, and storage and treatment facilities. This is an update to the biomed_waste_dec16 layer. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Health
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20180323
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            20180323
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: BIOMED_WASTE_MAR18.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
ENTITYNUMB
19 Double ---
COUNTYNUMB
19 Double ---
COUNTYCODE
2 String ---
COUNTYNAME
15 String ---
PROGRAMNAM
20 String ---
PROGRAMSUB
25 String ---
COMPANYNAM
50 String ---
FIRSTNAME
20 String ---
LASTNAME
25 String ---
CENTRAXPER
15 String ---
STATESTATU
10 String ---
CURRENTAPP
8 Date ---
PERMITEXPI
8 Date ---
NEXTINSPEC
8 Date ---
INSPECTION
20 String ---
COMPLETEST
50 String ---
CITY
25 String ---
STATE
10 String ---
ZIP_CODE
6 String ---
BUSINESSPH
15 String ---
LATITUDE
19 Double ---
LONGITUDE
19 Double ---
GEORESULT
15 String ---
OWNERNUMBE
19 Double ---
OWNERFIRST
20 String ---
OWNERLASTN
20 String ---
OWNERORGAN
50 String ---
OWNERBUSIN
15 String ---
OWNERHOMEP
15 String ---
CONTACTTYP
20 String ---
CONTACTFIR
20 String ---
CONTACTLAS
20 String ---
CONTACTORG
50 String ---
CONTACTBUS
15 String ---
CONTACTHOM
15 String ---
MAILING_ST
50 String ---
MAILING_CI
25 String ---
MAILING__1
10 String ---
MAILING_ZI
6 String ---
DESCRIPT
50 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





FID

Internal feature number.
















Shape

Feature geometry.
















ENTITYNUMB

Entity ID, unique identifier for the facility/entity being permitted
















COUNTYNUMB

County Number
















COUNTYCODE

County Code
















COUNTYNAME

County Name
















PROGRAMNAM

Name of Associated Program
















PROGRAMSUB

Program Subtype, indicates the specific type of permit being issued
















COMPANYNAM

Name of Company with Permit
















FIRSTNAME

First name of permit holder
















LASTNAME

Last name of permit holder
















CENTRAXPER

Centrax Permit Number, identifier for a permitted facility/entity
















STATESTATU

State Status, indicates if the facility/entity is still active
















CURRENTAPP

Current Application Date
















PERMITEXPI

Permit Expiration Date
















NEXTINSPEC

Next Inspection Date
















INSPECTION

How often inspection is completed
















COMPLETEST

Complete Street Address
















CITY

City
















STATE

State
















ZIP_CODE

Zipcode
















BUSINESSPH

Business Phone
















LATITUDE

Latitude of record, Y value
















LONGITUDE

Longitude of record, X Value
















GEORESULT

Source and precision of the recorded lat/long
















OWNERNUMBE

Owner Contact ID
















OWNERFIRST

Owner First Name
















OWNERLASTN

Owner Last Name
















OWNERORGAN

Owner Organization
















OWNERBUSIN

Owner Business
















OWNERHOMEP

Owner Home Phone Number
















CONTACTTYP

Contact Type
















CONTACTFIR

Contact First Name
















CONTACTLAS

Contact Last Name
















CONTACTORG

Contact Organization
















CONTACTBUS

Contact Business Phone Number
















CONTACTHOM

Contact Home Phone Number
















MAILING_ST

Mailing Street Address
















MAILING_CI

Mailing City
















MAILING__1

Complete mailing address for the permitted facility/entity
















MAILING_ZI

Mailing Zip Code
















DESCRIPT

GeoPlan added field based on COMPANYNAM
















FGDLAQDATE

The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source
















AUTOID

Unique ID added by GeoPlan




























USER NOTES:








This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology













This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.













GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.













Both the Department of Health and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
have responsibilities under this program.  The Department of Environmental Protection
has primary responsibility for biomedical waste incineration and final disposal. The
Department of Health has primary authority and responsibility for facilities that
generate, transport, store, or treat biomedical waste through processes other than
incineration.

The 1993 Florida Legislature provided funding for the Biomedical Waste Program from
the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund. Additional funding is provided through the
annual registration of biomedical waste transporters and the annual permitting of
storage and treatment facilities plus those generating facilities that produce at
least 25 pounds f biomedical waste in any 30-day period of the year. About 30,000
such facilities are inspected annually. However, the approximately 12,000 generating
facilities that produce less than 25 pounds of biomedical waste in each 30-day period
of the year are exempt from permitting and from the permit fee, and are inspected
once every three years.

Complaints concerning biomedical waste are investigated by County Health Departments.
Small amounts of improperly disposed biomedical waste are cleaned up under Department
of Health supervision. Emergency situations are referred to the Department of
Environmental Protection, Bureau of Emergency Response, at (850) 245-2010.















The objective of the biomedical waste program is to protect health care workers,
environmental-service staff, waste haulers, and the general public from risks
associated with potentially infectious biomedical waste.















This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan















This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan















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DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process:
- Downloaded the dataset from FDOH on 5/10/2018 using this link:
  http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/gis/gis-data.html
  (original dataset in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic
  coordinate system).
- Dataset projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection.
- Dataset clipped to Florida, using the FGDL cntbnd_sep15 layer, removing
  extraneous features.
- DESCRIPT field added based on the COMPANYNAM field. Any records with
  no data in the COMPANYNAM field had their DESCRIPT field calculated as
  'NO DESCRIPT AVAILABLE'.
- FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date the dataset was downloaded
  from source.
- Removed the field "SepticAppl" due to lack of data.
- The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths
  were shortened to the appropriate shortest length possible.
- Uppercased fields and records in the dataset.
- Layer name changed from Biomedical_Waste.shp to biomed_waste_mar18.shp.
Process Date: 20180515


Dataset copied.
Process Date: 20180712









MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS: 



Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000




DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):








Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:




Florida Department of Health - Biomedical Waste Program
FDOH
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee, Florida
32399
850-245-4277


http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/gis/gis-data.html
AskEH@flhealth.gov










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