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 or advanced practice registered nurse determines that a significant exposure has occurred following the protocol under section 246.721;
(2) the licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse for the employee needs the patient'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 employee consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a blood-borne pathogen.
History:2000 c 422 s 41; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 91