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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 10 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
§ 68-10-117. Possible Exposure of Emergency Workers to Airborne or Bloodborne Diseases — Testing
Universal Citation: TN Code § 68-10-117 (2021)
- If, in the course of performing normal, authorized professional job duties, or rendering emergency care as a good samaritan under the Good Samaritan Law, codified in § 63-6-218, a member of one of the categories of individuals listed in subsection (d) reasonably believes that the member may have been exposed to potentially life-threatening airborne or bloodborne diseases, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis, HIV or hepatitis B, the person has the right to request, in writing, that the individual who may have exposed the person be evaluated to determine the presence of such disease or diseases. The request shall be made to the designated exposure control officer of the responding agency or county medical examiner, who shall conduct the evaluation pursuant to the rules provided for in subsection (c).
- Any evaluation pursuant to subsection (a) shall include all medical records held by the department of health, any health care provider, or health care facility pertaining to the individual who is the subject of the evaluation. Any information provided shall be made available in accordance with the rules provided for in subsection (c) and shall be used only for the purpose of performing the evaluation and shall be otherwise confidential. Any cost related to the evaluation shall be paid by the responding agency.
- Any evaluation provided for in subsection (a) shall be conducted pursuant to emergency rules promulgated by the commissioner of health consistent with federal regulations for such determination of exposure experienced by emergency response workers. Any agency, individual, or facility providing any assistance or information necessary for completing the evaluation shall not incur any civil or criminal liability as a result of providing assistance or information consistent with the rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection (c).
- The categories of individuals who may request evaluations are paramedics, emergency response employees, fire fighters, first response workers, emergency medical technicians, and volunteers making an authorized emergency response. The evaluations may also be requested by any person rendering services as a good samaritan under the Good Samaritan Law.
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