N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 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.