§ 71-4407. Unlawful release of regulated medical waste in the second\n degree.\n A person is guilty of unlawful release of regulated medical waste in\nthe second degree when such person:\n 1. Knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct which causes the release\nto the environment of regulated medical waste which includes any\nquantity of regulated medical waste which is capable at the time of\ntransport, or at any time thereafter, of causing disease, or physical\ninjury; or\n 2. Knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct constituting a single\ncriminal transaction which causes the release to the environment of more\nthan five hundred gallons or five thousand pounds, whichever is less, of\nregulated medical waste.\n Unlawful release of regulated medical waste in the second degree is a\nclass E felony.\n
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