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[CITE: 42USC300ff-85]

 
                 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-85. Notification of employee


(a) In general

    After receiving a notification for purposes of section 300ff-82 or 
300ff-83(d)(2) of this title, a designated officer of emergency response 
employees shall, to the extent practicable, immediately notify each of 
such employees who--
        (1) responded to the emergency involved; and
        (2) as indicated by guidelines developed by the Secretary, may 
    have been exposed to an infectious disease.

(b) Certain contents of notification to employee

    A notification under this subsection to an emergency response 
employee shall inform the employee of--
        (1) the fact that the employee may have been exposed to an 
    infectious disease and the name of the disease involved;
        (2) any action by the employee that, as indicated by guidelines 
    developed by the Secretary, is medically appropriate; and
        (3) if medically appropriate under such criteria, the date of 
    such emergency.

(c) Responses other than notification of exposure

    After receiving a response under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection 
(d) of section 300ff-83 of this title, or a response under subsection 
(g)(1) of such section, the designated officer for the employee shall, 
to the extent practicable, immediately inform the employee of the 
response.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, Sec. 2685, as added Pub. L. 101-381, 
title IV, Sec. 411(a), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 626.)
