§ 5-10-15-2 — "At risk for occupational exposure"

Indiana § 5-10-15-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 10: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
• Ch. 15: Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability

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As used in this chapter, "at risk for
occupational exposure" means that an individual incurs risk 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 contact with;
(2) working at the scene of an accident, a fire, or another rescue
or public safety operation, or working in an emergency rescue
vehicle or a public safety vehicle, during which the individual has
contact with;
(3) engaging in the pursuit, apprehension, and arrest of law
violators, during which the individual may be exposed to; or
(4) maintaining custody and physical restraint of prisoners or
inmates of a prison, a jail, or another criminal detention facility
during which the individual may be exposed to;
a known carcinogen, or a substance or condition that adversely affects
an individual's cardiovascular, neurological, or respiratory system.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.59-2009, SEC.1.