Section 141-G:5 Notification by Health Care Facilities; Duties of Department; Confidentiality.
I. When the source individual is transported to a health care facility licensed under RSA 151, the infection control officer shall receive and review a copy of the emergency response/public safety worker incident report form. If the transported source individual is diagnosed as having an infectious disease which could have been transmitted via the unprotected exposure, the infection control officer shall orally notify within 48 hours and in writing notify within 72 hours of the determination, the medical referral consultant listed on the form. The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the finding, if any, that an unprotected exposure may have occurred and the identity of such infectious disease. The infection control officer or health care facility shall provide the source individual diagnosed as having the infectious disease with the names of persons who were informed of the source individual's condition.
II. The department shall determine the method by which the written notification of the incident report is conveyed to the medical referral consultant.
III. When the source individual is transported to a health care facility licensed under RSA 151, the testing performed on the transported source individual to complete the diagnosis under paragraph I shall not be in addition to any testing which would be conducted during the care and treatment of the individual, unless additional tests are determined as necessary by the infection control officer and the individual's attending physician because of the nature of the unprotected exposure, and the individual consents to the tests.
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, any drawing of blood and testing carried out under this chapter for the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus, any notifications of persons about such test results, and the confidentiality of such test results shall be in accordance with the provisions of RSA 141-F.
Source. 1989, 374:1. 1995, 310:175. 1996, 145:5, eff. July 23, 1996.