Indiana Code 16-41-11-5. Training and equipment
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Sec. 5. An employer shall provide training and the necessary equipment to each employee and student trainee who has duties that require the employee to have direct contact with blood or body fluids in the scope of the employee’s employment. The employer shall comply with the following:
(2) The training must include training in the universal precautions and other infection control measures that the state department adopts by rule under IC 4-22-2.
(1) The training must be provided before the individual is given an assignment where contact with blood or body fluids is likely.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-41-11-5
- employer: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-41-11-1
- universal precautions: means procedures specified by rule adopted by the state department under IC 4-22-2 that are used to prevent the transmission of serious communicable diseases through blood or other body fluids. See Indiana Code 16-41-11-3
(3) An attendance record must be maintained of an individual’s participation in the training that is provided. The record must be made available to the state department for inspection under section 7 of this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-7-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.