2017 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service
Subchapter XXIV - HIV Health Care Services Program
Part G - Notification of Possible Exposure to Infectious Diseases
Sec. 300ff-131 - Infectious diseases and circumstances relevant to notification requirements
| 42 U.S.C. § 300ff-131 (2017) |
| §300ff–131. Infectious diseases and circumstances relevant to notification requirements |
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(a) In general
Not later than 180 days after October 30, 2009, the Secretary shall complete the development of— (1) a list of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, including emerging infectious diseases, to which emergency response employees may be exposed in responding to emergencies; (2) guidelines describing the circumstances in which such employees may be exposed to such diseases, taking into account the conditions under which emergency response is provided; and (3) guidelines describing the manner in which medical facilities should make determinations for purposes of section 300ff–133(d) of this title. The list developed by the Secretary under subsection (a)(1) shall include a specification of those infectious diseases on the list that are routinely transmitted through airborne or aerosolized means. (c) DisseminationThe Secretary shall— (1) transmit to State public health officers copies of the list and guidelines developed by the Secretary under subsection (a) with the request that the officers disseminate such copies as appropriate throughout the States; and (2) make such copies available to the public. |
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, §2695, as added Pub. L. 111–87, §13, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2897.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective as if enacted on Sept. 30, 2009, see section 2(a)(3)(B) of Pub. L. 111–87, set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment; Revival of Section note under section 300ff–11 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SUBCHAPTER XXIV - HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM Part G - Notification of Possible Exposure to Infectious Diseases Sec. 300ff-131 - Infectious diseases and circumstances relevant to notification requirements |
| section 300ff-131 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
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| 123 Stat. 2897 |
| Public Law 111-87 |
