Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 36 - Needlestick Injury Prevention

• Department: means the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources: Provided, That beginning January 1, 2024, as used in this chapter, "department" and "Department of Health and Human Resources" means the Department of Health. See West Virginia Code 16-1-2
• Director: means the director of the division of health. See West Virginia Code 16-36-1
• Engineering controls: means sharps prevention technology including, but not limited to, systems not using needles and needles with engineered sharps injury protection. See West Virginia Code 16-36-1
• Facility: means every hospital licensed under the provisions of article five-b of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 16-36-1
• Health care worker: means any person working in a facility. See West Virginia Code 16-36-1
• Needlestick injury: means the parenteral introduction into the body of a health care worker, during the performance of his or her duties, of blood or other potentially infectious material by a hollow-bore needle or sharp instrument, including, but not limited to, needles, lancets, scalpels and contaminated broken glass. See West Virginia Code 16-36-1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Sharps: means hollow-bore needles or sharp instruments, including, but not limited to, needles, lancets and scalpels. See West Virginia Code 16-36-1
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10