Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237
A person is guilty of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses or sells a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle. It shall not be a violation of this section when a person obtains and possesses a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle pursuant to section thirty-three hundred eighty-one of the public health law, which includes the state's syringe exchange and pharmacy and medical provider-based expanded syringe access programs.
Criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument is a class A misdemeanor.
Amended by New York Laws 2015, ch. 57,Sec. I-3, eff. 4/13/2015.