Section 241.331 Conditions for Applicability of Procedures - 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 blood-borne 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 blood-borne pathogen; and

(3) the corrections employee consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a blood-borne pathogen.

History:

2000 c 422 s 28