241.331 CONDITIONS FOR APPLICABILITY OF PROCEDURES.
Subdivision 1.
Request for procedures. A corrections employee may request that the
procedures of sections
241.33 to
241.342 be followed when the corrections employee may have
experienced a significant exposure to an inmate.
Subd. 2.
Conditions. The correctional facility shall follow the procedures in sections
241.33
to
241.342 when all of the following conditions are met:
(1) a licensed physician determines that a significant exposure has occurred following the
protocol under section
241.341;
(2) the licensed physician for the corrections employee needs the inmate's bloodborne
pathogens test results to begin, continue, modify, or discontinue treatment in accordance with the
most current guidelines of the United States Public Health Service, because of possible exposure
to a bloodborne pathogen; and
(3) the corrections employee consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a
bloodborne pathogen.
History: 2000 c 422 s 28