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Federal: Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, click here


Current State Laws

Alabama Indiana Nebraska South Carolina
Alaska Iowa Nevada South Dakota
Arizona Kansas New Hampshire Tennessee
Arkansas Kentucky New Jersey Texas
California Louisiana New Mexico Utah
Colorado Maine New York Vermont
Connecticut Maryland North Carolina Virginia
Delaware Massachusetts North Dakota Washington (DC)
Florida Michigan Ohio Washington (State)
Georgia Minnesota Oklahoma West Virginia
Hawaii Mississippi Oregon Wisconsin
Idaho Missouri Pennsylvania Wyoming
Illinois Montana Rhode Island

Alabama: na

Alaska: Alaska Statutes § 18.60.880 – Needle stick and sharps injury protections for healthcare workers. Click Here

Arizona: na

Arkansas: Arkansas Code § 20-9-311 – Findings. Click Here

California: California Health and Safety Code §105325-105340 – Sharp injuries; documentation; compliance; and medical waste programs. Click Here

Colorado: na

Connecticut: Connecticut General Statutes § 19a – 490d – Prevention of accidental needlestck injuries in healthcare facilities and institutions. Click Here

Delaware: na

Florida: na

Georgia: Georgia Administrative Code 290-5-60-.01 – Sharps Injury Prevention. Click Here

Hawaii: na

Idaho: na

Illinois: na

Indiana: Indiana Administrative Code 610: 4-6-9 - Recording criteria for needlestick and sharps injuries. Click Here

Iowa: na

Kansas: na

Kentucky: na

Louisiana: na

Maine: na

Maryland: na

Massachusetts: Massachusetts General Laws § 53D - Devises minimizing risk of injury to health care workers from hypodermic syringes or needles; regulations. Click Here

Michigan: Michigan Administrative Code 325.70002 – Occupational Health Standards: Bloodborne Infectious Diseases. Click Here

Minnesota: Minnesota Statutes § 182.6555 - Reducing occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens through sharps injuries. Click Here

Missouri: Missouri Statutes § 191.640 - Definitions; blood-borne pathogen standard; certain drugs or biologics exempt; sharps injury log; evaluation committee. Click Here

Montana: na

Nebraska: na

Nevada: na

New Hampshire: Revised Statutes of New Hampshire § 275:60 - Protection of Health Care Workers from Injuries from Needlesticks and Sharps. Click Here

New Jersey: New Jersey Statutes § 26:2H-5.10-15 – Healthcare facilities duties. Click Here

New Mexico : na

New York: Public Health and Safety Code – Article 13-H – Regulation of Sharps. Click Here

North Carolina: na

North Dakota: North Dakota Century Code § 23-07.5-01 – Definitions. Click Here

Ohio: Ohio Revised Code § 4167.28 - Powers and duties of public employer of public health care workers. Click Here

Oklahoma: Oklahoma Statutes Annotated 63: § 1-539.1 – Needlestick Injury Prevention Act. Click Here

Oregon: Oregon Administrative Rules 437-002-1035 - Oregon Rule for Sharps Injury Log. Click Here

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Statutes § 631.2 – Bloodborne Pathogen Standard Act. Click Here

Rhode Island: General Laws of Rhode Island § 23-1.11-1-8 – Needlestick Safety and Injury Prevention Act. Click Here

South Carolina: Code of Regulations of South Carolina 71-308 - Recording criteria for needlestick and sharps injuries. Click Here

South Dakota : na

Tennessee: Tennessee Code § 50-3-203 - Brands, marks and labels; warnings; protective equipment. Click Here

Texas: Texas Health and Safety Code § 81.301 - Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan. Click Here

Utah : na

Vermont : na

Virginia : na

Washington DC : na

Washington State : Washington Administrative Code 296-823-200 – Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens. Click Here

West Virginia: Code of West Virginia § 16-36-2 - Needlestick Injury Prevention. Click Here

Wisconsin : na

Wyoming: Wyoming Rules and Regulations Ch. 26 s 1910.1030 - Bloodborne Pathogens. Click Here




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