2000 Minnesota Statutes

     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. 

    HIST: 2000 c 422 s 28