2001 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. 

    HIST: 2000 c 422 s 41