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N.Y. PBH Law § 1399-TT

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§ 1399-tt. Regulations. The commissioner shall make regulations, under\nthis article, governing the use of sharps in health care for the purpose\nof: preventing sharps injuries, reducing exposure incidents, and\npromoting the use of safer technologies which include engineered sharps\ninjury protections. Dentists licensed in this state, under title eight\nof the education law, shall be exempt from the regulations under this\narticle. Regulations under this article shall prohibit the use of sharps\nthat do not incorporate engineered sharps injury protections. The\nregulations may provide exceptions permitting the use of sharps without\nengineered sharps injury protections under circumstances where:\n (a) appropriate engineered sharps are not available in the market;\n (b) the use of sharps without engineered sharps injury protections is\nessential to the performance of a specific medical procedure; or\n (c) based on objective product evaluation, sharps with engineered\ninjury protections are not more effective in preventing exposure\nincidents than sharps without engineered injury protections.\n

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