NY Penal Law 220.45 – Criminally possessing a hypodermic instrumentJuly 23, 2012
Criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.
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.
