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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 330
chemoprophylaxis treatment for the health care provider or first responder
PROVIDER, FIRST RESPONDED OR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKER;
(2) (I) Informed consent, or substitute consent as required under §
18-338.1(c) of this title, of the patient to test a blood sample of the patient for the
presence of HIV was sought and the patient was unavailable or unable to consent; OR
(II) INFORMED CONSENT, OR SUBSTITUTE CONSENT AS REQUIRED
UNDER § 18-338.1(C) OF THIS TITLE, OF THE PATIENT TO TEST A BLOOD SAMPLE
ALREADY OBTAINED FROM THE PATIENT FOR THE PRESENCE OF HIV WAS SOUGHT,
AN© THE PATIENT REFUSED, AND THE PATIENT WAS INFORMED OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SUBSECTION;
(3) THE PATIENT HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION;
(3) (4) (3) (i) In accordance with hospital procedures, the health
care provider involved in the exposure has given prompt notice of the exposure to the
designated hospital infectious disease/communicable disease officer where the
exposure occurred; or
(ii) 1. A The first responder involved in the exposure has
given prompt notice to the medical director with jurisdiction over the first responder;
and OR
B. THE PUBLIC SAFETY WORKER INVOLVED IN THE
EXPOSURE HAS GIVEN PROMPT NOTICE TO THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR WITH
JURISDICTION OVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY WORKER; AND
2. The medical director has given prompt notice to the
designated hospital infectious disease/communicable disease officer where the patient
is admitted;
(4) (5) (4) The health care provider, or first responder, OR PUBLIC
SAFETY WORKER involved in the exposure has given informed consent and has
submitted a blood sample to be tested for the presence of HIV; and
(5) (6) (5) The designated hospital infectious disease/communicable
disease officer has made a determination, in accordance with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention recommendations, that the testing of blood samples or other
body fluids of the patient for the presence of antibodies to the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) would be helpful in managing the risk of disease and
health outcome of the health care provider, or first responder, OR PUBLIC SAFETY
WORKER.
(c) If there has been an exposure between a first responder and an individual
OR A PUBLIC SAFETY WORKER AND AN INDIVIDUAL before the admission of the
individual to a hospital:
(1) The first responder OR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKER shall give notice to
the first responder's OR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKER'S medical director in accordance
with subsection (b)(3)(ii)l of this section;
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