§ 5-10-13-3 — "High risk for occupational exposure"

Indiana § 5-10-13-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 10: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
• Ch. 13: Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and

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As used in this chapter, "high risk for
occupational exposure" means that risk is incurred by an individual in
performing the basic duties of the individual's employment, including:
(1) providing emergency medical treatment in a nonhealth care
setting where there is a potential for transfer of body fluids
between individuals;
(2) working at the scene of an accident, a fire, or other rescue or
public safety operation or in an emergency rescue vehicle or
public safety vehicle during which the individual has contact with
body fluids, containers of body fluids, hypodermic needles, or
other materials that have been exposed to body fluids;
(3) engaging in the pursuit, apprehension, and arrest of law
violators or suspected law violators during which the individual
may be exposed to body fluids; or
(4) maintaining custody and physical restraint of prisoners or
inmates of a prison, a jail, or other criminal detention facility
during which the individual may be exposed to body fluids.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.