71-4408 - Unlawful release of regulated medical waste in the first degree.

§ 71-4408. Unlawful  release  of  regulated  medical  waste in the first               degree.    A person is guilty of unlawful release of regulated medical  waste  in  the first degree when such person:    1.  Knowingly  engages  in  conduct  which  causes  the release to the  environment of regulated medical waste, which includes any  quantity  of  regulated medical waste which is capable at the time of transport, or at  any  time thereafter, of causing serious physical injury or death to any  person who is not a participant in the crime; or    2.  Knowingly  engages  in  conduct  constituting  a  single  criminal  transaction which causes the release to the environment of more than one  thousand  gallons  or  ten  thousand  pounds,  whichever  is less, of an  aggregate weight or volume of regulated medical waste.    Unlawful release of regulated medical waste in the first degree  is  a  class D felony.