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[CITE: 42USC300ff-82]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
            SUBCHAPTER XXIV--HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM
 
                  Part E--Emergency Response Employees
 
  subpart ii--notifications of possible exposure to infectious diseases
 
Sec. 300ff-82. Routine notifications with respect to airborne 
        infectious diseases in victims assisted
        

(a) Routine notification of designated officer

               (1) Determination by treating facility

        If a victim of an emergency is transported by emergency response 
    employees to a medical facility and the medical facility makes a 
    determination that the victim has an airborne infectious disease, 
    the medical facility shall notify the designated officer of the 
    emergency response employees who transported the victim to the 
    medical facility of the determination.

      (2) Determination by facility ascertaining cause of death

        If a victim of an emergency is transported by emergency response 
    employees to a medical facility and the victim dies at or before 
    reaching the medical facility, the medical facility ascertaining the 
    cause of death shall notify the designated officer of the emergency 
    response employees who transported the victim to the initial medical 
    facility of any determination by the medical facility that the 
    victim had an airborne infectious disease.

(b) Requirement of prompt notification

    With respect to a determination described in paragraph (1) or (2), 
the notification required in each of such paragraphs shall be made as 
soon as is practicable, but not later than 48 hours after the 
determination is made.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, Sec. 2682, as added Pub. L. 101-381, 
title IV, Sec. 411(a), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 623.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 300ff-84, 300ff-85 of this 
title.
