Texas § WA.7.167 - FALSE STATEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE
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§ WA.7.167. FALSE STATEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE
FALSE STATEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) makes a false material statement, or knowingly causes or knowingly allows to be made a false material statement, to a person who prepares a regulated medical waste label, manifest, application, permit, plan, registration, record, report, or other document required by an order or a rule of the appropriate regulatory agency; or (2) omits material information, or causes or allows material information to be omitted, from a regulated medical waste label, manifest, application, permit, plan, registration, record, report, or other document required by an order or a rule of the appropriate regulatory agency. (b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187 (1)(B) or Section 7.187 (2)(D) or both. If it is shown on the trial of an individual that the individual has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187 (1)(C) or Section 7.187 (2)(E) or both. (c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187 (1)(B). If it is shown on the trial of a person other than an individual that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187 (1)(C). Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section WA.7.167 ("FALSE STATEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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