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 104 STAT. 624 PUBLIC LAW 101-381—AUG. 18, 1990 42 USC 300ff-83. "SEC. 2683. REQUEST FOR NOTIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO VICTIMS ASSISTED. " (a) INITIATION OF PROCESS BY EMPLOYEE. — If an emergency response employee believes that the employee may have been exposed to an infectious disease by a victim of an emergency who was transported to a medical facility as a result of the emergency, and if the employee attended, treated, assisted, or transported the victim pursuant to the emergency, then the designated officer of the employee shall, upon the request of the employee, carry out the duties described in subsection (b) regarding a determination of whether the employee may have been exposed to an infectious disease by the victim. "(b) INITIAL DETERMINATION BY DESIGNATED OFFICER.— The duties referred to in subsection (a) are that— "(1) the designated officer involved collect the facts relating to the circumstances under which, for purposes of subsection (a), the employee involved may have been exposed to an infectious disease; and "(2) the designated officer evaluate such facts and make a determination of whether, if the victim involved had any infectious disease included on the list issued under paragraph (1) of section 2681(a), the employee would have been exposed to the disease under such facts, as indicated by the guidelines issued under paragraph (2) of such section. " (c) SUBMISSION OF REQUEST TO MEDICAL FACILITY.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — If a designated officer makes a determination under subsection (b)(2) that an emergency response employee may have been exposed to an infectious disesise, the designated officer shall submit to the medical facility to which the victim involved was transported a request for a response under subsection (d) regarding the victim of the emergency involved. "(2) FORM OF REQUEST.— A request under paragraph (1) shall be in writing and be signed by the designated officer involved, and shall contain a statement of the facts collected pursuant to subsection (b)(1). " (d) EVALUATION AND RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST TO MEDICAL FACILITY.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — If a medical facility receives a request under subsection (c), the medical facility shall evaluate the facts submitted in the request and make a determination of whether, on the basis of the medical information possessed by the facility regarding the victim involved, the emergency response employee was exposed to an infectious disease included on the list issued under paragraph (1) of section 2681(a), as indicated by the guidelines issued under paragraph (2) of such section. "(2) NOTIFICATION OF EXPOSURE.— I f a medical facility makes a determination under paragraph (1) that the emergency response employee involved has been exposed to an infectious disease, the medical facility shall, in writing, notify the designated officer who submitted the request under subsection (c) of the determination. "(3) FINDING OF NO EXPOSURE.— I f a medical facility makes a determination under paragraph (1) that the emergency response employee involved has not been exposed to an infectious disease.

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