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 123STA T . 2 89 8 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 7—O CT. 3 0, 2009 (a)with th er e qu e s t that the of fi c ers d isse m i n ate such co p ies as appropriate throu g hout the S tates and ‘ ‘( 2 )ma k e such copies a v ai l a b le to the public .‘ ‘ SEC.2695A . ROUTIN E NOTI F ICATIONS W IT H RES P ECT TO AIR B ORNE INFECTIOUS D ISEASES IN V ICTI M S ASSISTED. ‘‘(a) ROUTINEN OTI F I CA TION OF D E S I G NATE DO FFICE R . — ‘‘( 1 ) DETER M INATION BY TREATING FACI L ITY.— I f a victim of an emergenc y 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 DEAT H .—If a victim of an emergency is transported by emer - gency 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 des- ignated officer of the emergency response employees who trans- ported the victim to the initial medical facility of any determina- tion by the medical facility that the victim had an airborne infectious disease. ‘‘(b) RE Q UIREMENT OF P ROM P T NOTIFICATION.— W ith respect to a determination described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), 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. ‘‘SEC. 2695B. RE Q UEST FOR NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO VICTIMS ASSISTED. ‘‘(a) INITIATION OF PROCESS BY E MPLOYEE.—If an emergency response employee believes that the employee may have been e x posed 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.— T he 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 infec- tious 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 2 695 (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 M EDICAL F ACILITY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a designated officer makes a deter- mination under subsection (b)(2) that an emergency response employee may have been exposed to an infectious disease, the designated officer shall submit to the medical facility to which 42USC30 0 f f –1 33 .Deadlin e. 42 USC 300ff–132. Pub li c inf orm a t ion.