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Minn. Stat. § 246.711: CONDITIONS FOR APPLICABILITY OF PROCEDURES.

Subdivision 1. Request for procedures.
An employee of a state-operated treatment program may request that the procedures of sections 246.71 to 246.722 be followed when the employee may have experienced a significant exposure to a patient.
Subd. 2. Conditions.
The state-operated treatment program shall follow the procedures in sections 246.71 to 246.722 when all of the following conditions are met:
(1) a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant determines that a significant exposure has occurred following the protocol under section 246.721;
(2) the licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant for the employee needs the patient's blood-borne pathogens test results to begin, continue, modify, or discontinue treatment in accordance with the most current guidelines of the United States Public Health Service, because of possible exposure to a blood-borne pathogen; and
(3) the employee consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a blood-borne pathogen.

Where this section sits in the code

PUBLIC WELFARE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 246. STATE-OPERATED SERVICES
BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; STATE-OPERATED TREATMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYEES

Subdivision 1. Request for procedures.

An employee of a state-operated treatment program may request that the procedures of sections 246.71 to 246.722 be followed when the employee may have experienced a significant exposure to a patient.

Subd. 2. Conditions.

The state-operated treatment program shall follow the procedures in sections 246.71 to 246.722 when all of the following conditions are met:

(1) a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant determines that a significant exposure has occurred following the protocol under section 246.721;

(2) the licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant for the employee needs the patient's blood-borne pathogens test results to begin, continue, modify, or discontinue treatment in accordance with the most current guidelines of the United States Public Health Service, because of possible exposure to a blood-borne pathogen; and

(3) the employee consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a blood-borne pathogen.

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