Sec. 2. 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.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.59-2009, SEC.1.