§ 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. […]
§ 1399-tt. Regulations. The commissioner shall make regulations, under this article, governing the use of sharps in health care for the purpose of: preventing sharps injuries, reducing exposure incidents, and promoting the use of safer technologies which include engineered sharps injury protections. Dentists licensed in this state, under title eight of the education law, shall […]
§ 1399-vv. Studies and reports. The commissioner shall conduct a study of exposure incidents occurring prior to and one year after the effective date of regulations made under this article to determine the effectiveness of the regulations in reducing sharps injuries and exposure incidents, the level of compliance, and the need for any modifications or […]
§ 1399-ww. Separability. If any item, clause, sentence, subparagraph, subdivision, section or other part of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held to be invalid, such holding shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, or the application of such section or part of a […]
