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 PUBLIC LAW 101-381—AUG. 18, 1990 104 STAT. 623 "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— For the purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995. " SUBPART II—NOTIFICATIONS OF POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES " SEC. 2681. INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELEVANT TO 42 USC 300ff-81. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. "(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990, the Secretary shall complete the development of^ "(1) a list of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases to which emergency response employees may be exposed in responding to emergencies; "(2) guidelines describing the circumstances in which such employees may be exposed to such diseases, taking into account the conditions under which emergency response is provided; and "(3) guidelines describing the manner in which medical facilities should make determinations for purposes of section 2683(d). "(b) SPECIFICATION OF AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. —The list developed by the Secretary under subsection (a)(1) shall include a specification of those infectious diseases on the list that are routinely transmitted through airborne or aerosolized means. "(c) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall— "(1) transmit to State public health officers copies of the list and guidelines developed by the Secretary under subsection (a) with the request that the officers disseminate such copies as appropriate throughout the States; and "(2) make such copies available to the public. Public "SEC. 2682. ROUTINE NOTIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO AIRBORNE INFEC- 42^uS(?300ff-82 TIOUS DISEASES IN VICTIMS ASSISTED. " (a) ROUTINE NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATED OFFICER.— "(1) DETERMINATION BY TREATING FACILITY.— I f 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 hgis 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.

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