{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-1399-ss","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 1399-ss","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 1399-ss. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the\ncontext clearly requires otherwise:\n  1. \"Engineered sharps injury protection\" means a physical attribute\nbuilt into, or used with, a sharp that effectively reduces the risk of a\nsharps injury by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting,\nencapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction or other mechanism.\n  2. \"Exposure incident\" means contact with blood or other potentially\ninfectious materials that results from a sharps injury.\n  3. \"Sharp\" means any device that is or includes a needle used in the\nprovision of health care, except for self-administration.\n  4. \"Sharps injury\" means any injury caused by a sharp, including, but\nnot limited to, a cut, abrasion, or needlestick.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 13-H. Regulation of Sharps"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/1399-SS","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"f0df65d8687b1ac5d2d32236fce08d1b45bef1b181ebd10f00aa37d5534af4f7","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-1399-pp","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-1399-tt"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}