Federal: Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, click here
Current State Laws
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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