Section 296-823-16005 - Make a confidential medical evaluation and follow-up available to employees who experience an exposure incident(1) You must make immediately available a confidential post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees with occupational exposure to blood or OPIM who report an exposure incident.(2) You must make sure that the post-exposure medical evaluation and follow-up are all of the following: (a) Immediately available following an exposure incident;(c) At no cost to the employee;(d) At a reasonable time and place;(e) Administered by or under the supervision of a licensed physician or by another licensed health care professional;(f) Provided according to recommendations of the United States Public Health Service current at the time these evaluations and procedures take place.(3) You must make sure that the evaluation and follow-up includes AT LEAST these elements: (a) Documentation of the routes of exposure, and the circumstances under which the exposure incident happened;(b) Identification and documentation of the source individual, unless you can establish that identification is infeasible or prohibited by state or local law;(c) Collection and testing of blood to detect the presence of HBV and HIV;(d) Post-exposure preventive treatment, when medically indicated, as recommended by the United States Public Health Service;(f) Evaluation of reported illnesses. (4) You must make sure that all laboratory tests are conducted by a laboratory licensed by the state or Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Act (CLIA). Note: | The employer or a third-party health care provider identified by the employer may do the evaluation. |
Wash. Admin. Code § 296-823-16005
Amended by WSR 15-23-086, Filed 11/17/2015, effective 12/18/2015Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-12-070, § 296-823-16005, filed 6/1/04, effective 9/1/04; 03-09-110, § 296-823-16005, filed 4/22/03, effective 8/1/03.