Section 141-G:16 – Immunity.
141-G:16 Immunity. – No legal proceeding for damages may be commenced or maintained against a person who in good faith, and not in a wanton or reckless manner, engages in any act or omission: I. In the exercise or intended exercise of any power under this subdivision; II. In the performance or intended performance […]
Section 141-G:17 – Notice and Service.
141-G:17 Notice and Service. – I. All documents or notifications required to be given to or served on a person shall be given or served in accordance with the rules adopted by the commissioner, in collaboration with the judicial branch, under RSA 141-G:19. II. If a person is required under this subdivision to provide […]
Section 141-G:2 – Medical Referral Consultant.
141-G:2 Medical Referral Consultant. – I. Each employer of emergency response/public safety workers shall identify a medical referral consultant who has agreed to accept referrals and to evaluate and follow up such workers’ unprotected exposures. The medical referral consultant shall be a licensed physician, a registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse or licensed physician […]
Section 141-G:3 – Infection Control Officer.
141-G:3 Infection Control Officer. – I. The senior facility administrator of each health care facility licensed under RSA 151 shall designate an infection control officer for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. That person shall be the infection control practitioner, hospital epidemiologist, hospital infection control chairman or a licensed physician or registered nurse […]
Section 141-G:4 – Notification by Emergency Response/Public Safety Workers.
141-G:4 Notification by Emergency Response/Public Safety Workers. – I. Any emergency response/public safety worker who, while in the line of duty, sustains an unprotected exposure to himself or herself or another individual protected under RSA 508:12, or who suspects such an exposure, shall, as soon as possible, provide a copy of the emergency response/public […]
Section 141-G:5 – Notification by Health Care Facilities; Duties of Department; Confidentiality.
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 […]
Section 141-G:6 – Rulemaking.
141-G:6 Rulemaking. – The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. Form, content and distribution of the standardized emergency response/public safety worker incident report form required under RSA 141-G:4. II. A definition of blood or other potentially infectious material. III. A definition of infectious disease. IV. Manner of recordkeeping to ensure […]
Section 141-G:7 – Immunity From Civil Liability.
141-G:7 Immunity From Civil Liability. – No facility licensed under RSA 151 or agent, employee, administrator, physician, official, other representative of such facility, or emergency response/public safety worker shall be held jointly or severally liable, either as a facility or personally, for reporting as required under this chapter, if such report was made in […]
Section 141-G:1 – Definitions.
141-G:1 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. "Blood or other potentially infectious material" means human blood, human blood components, products made from human blood, sputum or any such other body fluid, tissue, or organ that may be designated by the director by rule adopted under RSA 141-G:6. II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the […]