42 U.S.C. § 300ff-135

Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)

Section 300ff-135 - Notification of employee

(a) In general

After receiving a notification for purposes of section 300ff-132 or 300ff-133(d)(2) of this title, a designated officer of emergency response employees shall, to the extent practicable, immediately notify each of such employees who-

(1) responded to the emergency involved; and

(2) as indicated by guidelines developed by the Secretary, may have been exposed to an infectious disease.

(b) Certain contents of notification to employee

A notification under this subsection to an emergency response employee shall inform the employee of-

(1) the fact that the employee may have been exposed to an infectious disease and the name of the disease involved;

(2) any action by the employee that, as indicated by guidelines developed by the Secretary, is medically appropriate; and

(3) if medically appropriate under such criteria, the date of such emergency.

(c) Responses other than notification of exposure

After receiving a response under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (d) of section 300ff-133 of this title, or a response under subsection (g)(1) of such section, the designated officer for the employee shall, to the extent practicable, immediately inform the employee of the response.

42 U.S.C. § 300ff-135

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, §2695D, as added Pub. L. 111-87, §13, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2901.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATESection effective as if enacted on Sept. 30, 2009, see section 2(a)(3)(B) of Pub. L. 111-87, set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment; Revival of Section note under section 300ff-11 of this title.

Secretary

the term "Secretary" means-(A) the Secretary of Education for purposes of subtitle A (other than section 3201),(B) the Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of the amendments made by section 3201, and(C) the Secretary of Health and Human Services for purposes of subtitle B,