N.Y. Public Health Law § 1399-SS
Definitions
New York · New York Public Health Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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- N.Y. Public Health Law § 1399-SS, Definitions, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1122015
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§ 1399-ss. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise:
1. "Engineered sharps injury protection" means a physical attribute
built into, or used with, a sharp that effectively reduces the risk of a
sharps injury by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting,
encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction or other mechanism.
2. "Exposure incident" means contact with blood or other potentially
infectious materials that results from a sharps injury.
3. "Sharp" means any device that is or includes a needle used in the
provision of health care, except for self-administration.
4. "Sharps injury" means any injury caused by a sharp, including, but
not limited to, a cut, abrasion, or needlestick.