N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-4407: Unlawful release of regulated medical waste in the second degree

§ 71-4407. Unlawful release of regulated medical waste in the second

degree.

A person is guilty of unlawful release of regulated medical waste in

the second degree when such person:

1. Knowingly or recklessly 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 disease, or physical

injury; or

2. Knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct constituting a single

criminal transaction which causes the release to the environment of more

than five hundred gallons or five thousand pounds, whichever is less, of

regulated medical waste.

Unlawful release of regulated medical waste in the second degree is a

class E felony.