New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 811. Procurement, use and possession of hypodermic syringes and needles by school personnel for educational purposes

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 220.45 of the penal law, it shall be lawful for authorized persons under the jurisdiction of the public school authorities in a public school;  or of the state education department;  or of the governing board of any other educational institution, the curriculum of which is registered by the department, to purchase, acquire, have under control, possess and use hypodermic syringes and needles for instructional or other educational purposes provided such school authorities in the case of a school district, the appropriate superior officer in the case of the department, or such governing board in the case of other institutions, has filed with the commissioner of education and with the state department of health a certificate of need for such hypodermic needles which shall set forth the following:

2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the filing of such names by medical institutions, including but not limited to, public health centers, industrial clinics, diagnostic, treatment or research centers, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, medical schools or colleges, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease and other types of hospitals, clinical laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses training facilities and central service facilities operated in conjunction with medical institutions.

3. The commissioner, after consultation with the commissioner of health, shall make regulations for the administration of this section.