2007 Minnesota Statutes

246.711 CONDITIONS FOR APPLICABILITY OF PROCEDURES.
    Subdivision 1. Request for procedures. An employee of a secure treatment facility may
request that the procedures of sections 246.71 to 246.722 be followed when the employee may
have experienced a significant exposure to a patient.
    Subd. 2. Conditions. The secure treatment facility shall follow the procedures in sections
246.71 to 246.722 when all of the following conditions are met:
(1) a licensed physician determines that a significant exposure has occurred following the
protocol under section 246.721;
(2) the licensed physician for the employee needs the patient'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 employee consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a bloodborne pathogen.
History: 2000 c 422 s 41