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§300ff–134 Procedures for Notification of Exposure

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XXIV — HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM › Part G — Notification of Possible Exposure to Infectious Diseases › § 300ff–134

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a medical facility notifies an officer about possible exposure, it must say what infectious disease is involved and the date the patient was transported to the facility by emergency responders. If the notice is mailed or sent indirectly, the facility must tell the officer when it sends the notice. The officer must tell the facility within 10 days whether the notice was received.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300ff–134

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(a)Contents of notification to officer

In making a notification required under section 300ff–132 of this title or section 300ff–133(d)(2) of this title, a medical facility shall provide—

(1)the name of the infectious disease involved; and

(2)the date on which the victim of the emergency involved was transported by emergency response employees to the medical facility involved.

(b)Manner of notification

If a notification under section 300ff–132 of this title or section 300ff–133(d)(2) of this title is mailed or otherwise indirectly made—

(1)the medical facility sending the notification shall, upon sending the notification, inform the designated officer to whom the notification is sent of the fact that the notification has been sent; and

(2)such designated officer shall, not later than 10 days after being informed by the medical facility that the notification has been sent, inform such medical facility whether the designated officer has received the notification.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300ff–134

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110