§ 26-2h-5-11

26:2H-5.11 Definitions relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities. 2. As used in this act: 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Health. 'Department' means the Department of Health. 'Needle stick injury' means the parenteral introduction into the body of a health care worker of blood or other potentially infectious material by a needle or other sharp device during the worker's performance of health care duties in a health care facility. L.1999, c.311, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.166.