§ 23-4.1-19. Documentation of pre-healthcare facility exposure of emergency medical services workers.
(a) Any emergency service worker responding on behalf of a licensed ambulance/rescue service, or a fire department or a law enforcement agency who has sufficient reason to believe that, in the course of their professional duties, they have been exposed to bodily fluids or other substances that may result in the worker contracting a serious infection and/or illness shall complete a pre-healthcare facility exposure form. The worker shall file a copy of the form with the hospital or freestanding emergency-care facility receiving the transported patient believed to be the source of the infectious materials to which the worker believes he or she has been exposed. The worker shall file the form with the hospital or freestanding emergency-care facility immediately post exposure. The worker shall retain a copy of the completed form, except for that information protected by applicable confidentiality laws. The source patient’s diagnostic information shall not appear on the pre-healthcare facility exposure form.
(b) The director of the department of health, with the advice of the ambulance services advisory board, shall develop the pre-healthcare facility exposure form, and shall make copies available to all agencies employing emergency medical service workers, hospitals and freestanding emergency-care facilities.
History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 224, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 417, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 418, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services
Section 23-4.1-1. - Declaration of policy and purpose.
Section 23-4.1-2. - Ambulance service coordinating advisory board.
Section 23-4.1-3. - Duties of the director.
Section 23-4.1-4. - Minimum standards.
Section 23-4.1-5. - Supervision of ambulance services.
Section 23-4.1-6. - Licensing of ambulances and ambulance service.
Section 23-4.1-7. - Standards for ambulance license.
Section 23-4.1-7.1. - Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies.
Section 23-4.1-8. - Applications for license.
Section 23-4.1-9. - Revocation of license.
Section 23-4.1-10. - Regulations and fees.
Section 23-4.1-11. - Repealed.
Section 23-4.1-12. - Immunity from liability.
Section 23-4.1-13. - Exclusion of non-emergency providers.
Section 23-4.1-14. - Notification of next of kin or other member of household.
Section 23-4.1-15. - Trauma system advisory committee.
Section 23-4.1-16. - Emergency medical services for children.
Section 23-4.1-17. - Advertising services.
Section 23-4.1-18. - Peer review boards — Definition, activities and immunities.