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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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WATER CODE |
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Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION |
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Subtitle A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES |
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Chapter 7. ENFORCEMENT |
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Subchapter E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES |
Sec. 7.141. DEFINITIONS
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Appropriate regulatory agency" means the commission, the Texas Department of Health, or any other agency authorized to regulate the handling and disposal of medical waste.
(2) "Corporation" and "association" have the meanings assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code, except that the terms do not include a government.
(3) "Large quantity generator" means a person who generates more than 50 pounds of medical waste each month.
(4) "Medical waste" includes animal waste, bulk blood and blood products, microbiological waste, pathological waste, sharps, and special waste from health care-related facilities as those terms are defined in 25 T.A.C. Section 1.132 (Texas Department of Health, Definition, Treatment, and Disposition of Special Waste from Health Care-Related Facilities). The term does not include medical waste produced on farmland and ranchland as defined by Section 252.001(6), Agriculture Code.
(5) "Serious bodily injury" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
(6) "Small quantity generator" means a person who generates 50 pounds or less of medical waste each month.