{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-539.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-539.3","heading":"Uniform rules to be promulgated by certain state","body":"agencies.\n\nA. By March 1, 2004, each of the state agencies specified in\n\nsubsection C of this section shall have promulgated uniform\n\nemergency rules and shall have submitted proposed permanent uniform\n\nrules to the Governor and Legislature pursuant to the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act for the use of needleless systems and engineered\n\nsharps injury protection in this state. Specifically the uniform\n\nrules shall require:\n\n1. That each public or private health care facility or location\n\nhave a written exposure control plan for risk exposure to bloodborne\n\npathogens;\n\n2. That sharps prevention technology be included as engineering\n\nor work practice controls in high exposure areas, except in cases\n\nwhere the employer or other appropriate party can demonstrate\n\ncircumstances in which the technology does not promote employee or\n\npatient safety or interferes with a medical procedure. Those\n\ncircumstances shall be specified in the control plan, and shall\n\ninclude, but not be limited to, circumstances where the technology\n\nis medically contraindicated or not more effective than alternative\n\nmeasures used by the employer to prevent exposure incidents in high\n\nexposure areas;\n\n3. That the written exposure control plans include an effective\n\nprocedure for identifying and selecting existing sharps prevention\n\ntechnology in high exposure areas;\n\n4. That a written exposure control plan be updated when\n\nnecessary to reflect progress in implementing the sharps prevention\n\ntechnology specified by the Committee and promulgated by rule of the\n\nregulating agency;\n\n5. That information concerning exposure incidents be recorded\n\nin a sharps injury log, including, but not limited to, the type and\n\nbrand of device involved in the incident; and\n\n6. Such other requirements deemed necessary by the Needlestick\n\nInjury Prevention Committee.\n\nB. The failure of any agency to promulgate rules consistent\n\nwith the provisions of the Needlestick Injury Prevention Act shall\n\nbe reported by the Committee in writing to the Speaker of the House\n\nof Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.\n\nC. Each of the following agencies shall promulgate uniform\n\nrules and procedures for the use of needleless systems and\n\nengineered sharps injury protection in compliance with the\n\nprovisions of the Needlestick Injury Prevention Act:\n\n1. The State Department of Health; and\n\n2. The State Department of Labor.\n\nD. Upon notification by the Committee that the use of sharps\n\nprevention technology is adequate, the rule-making agency shall\n\nrescind rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the\n\nNeedlestick Injury Prevention Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"19d2dbfa9beadd5d11dc0cf4036c192821f3459c688321d97fd4a1b76ff38387","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-539.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}