Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1202A – Report of exposed emergency medical provider
(a) An emergency medical care provider may request notification concerning exposure to a communicable disease under this section if the exposure is of a manner known to transmit a communicable disease.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1202A
- Communicable disease: means human immunodeficiency virus, (HIV, the virus that causes AIDS), and hepatitis B. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1201A
- Division: means Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1201A
- Emergency medical care provider: means a fire fighter, law enforcement officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, ambulance attendant or other person who serves as an employee or volunteer of an ambulance service and/or provides prehospital emergency medical services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1201A
- Receiving medical facility: means a hospital or similar facility that receives a patient attended by an emergency medical care provider for the purposes of continued medical care. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1201A
(b) Each employer of an emergency medical care provider, and every organization which supervises volunteer emergency medical care providers, shall designate an officer who shall receive requests for notification from emergency medical care providers; collect facts relating to the circumstances under which the emergency medical provider may have been exposed to a communicable disease; distribute the forms as specified by subsection (c) of this section to receiving medical facilities; report to the emergency medical care provider findings provided by the receiving medical facility; and assist the emergency care provider to take medically appropriate action when necessary. The designated officer shall delegate these duties as may be necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(c) If an emergency medical care provider desires to be notified under this chapter, the officer designated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall notify the receiving medical facility within 24 hours after the patient is admitted to or treated by the facility, utilizing a form that is prescribed or approved by the Division of Public Health.
68 Del. Laws, c. 415, § ?1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 108, § ?3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 147, § ?7; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;