§300ff–135 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Designated officers must try to tell emergency workers right away when the agency gets a notice under sections 300ff–132 or 300ff–133(d)(2). They must notify workers who were at the emergency and who, under the Secretary’s guidelines, might have been exposed to an infectious disease. The notice must say that the worker may have been exposed, name the disease, tell what medical steps the worker should take under the Secretary’s guidelines, and, if appropriate, give the date of the emergency. If the agency later gets a response under certain parts of section 300ff–133, the officer must, when possible, promptly tell the worker what that response was.

Title 42, §300ff–135

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(a)After receiving a notification for purposes of section 300ff–132 or 300ff–133(d)(2) of this title, a designated officer of emergency response employees shall, to the extent practicable, immediately notify each of such employees who—

(1)responded to the emergency involved; and

(2)as indicated by guidelines developed by the Secretary, may have been exposed to an infectious disease.

(b)A notification under this subsection to an emergency response employee shall inform the employee of—

(1)the fact that the employee may have been exposed to an infectious disease and the name of the disease involved;

(2)any action by the employee that, as indicated by guidelines developed by the Secretary, is medically appropriate; and

(3)if medically appropriate under such criteria, the date of such emergency.

(c)After receiving a response under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (d) of section 300ff–133 of this title, or a response under subsection (g)(1) of such section, the designated officer for the employee shall, to the extent practicable, immediately inform the employee of the response.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

§300ff–135 Notification of employee

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Title 42, §300ff–135

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