(a) Each employer covered by workers' compensation
insurance, including state and political subdivision employers, which
employ emergency medical service employees, paramedics, fire fighters,
law enforcement officers or correctional officers must post the notice
contained in subsection (d) of this section, in its workplace to inform
employees about Health and Safety Code requirements which may affect
qualifying for workers' compensation benefits following a work-related
exposure to a reportable communicable disease. The notice shall be
posted in the personnel office, if the employer has a personnel office,
and in the workplace where employees are likely to read the notice
on a regular basis. Specific guidance for employers and employees
covered by this subsection is found in §122.3 of this title (relating
to Exposure to Communicable Diseases: Reporting and Testing Requirements
for Emergency Responders).
(b) Each state agency must post the notice contained
in subsection (d) of this section, in its workplace to inform employees
about requirements which may affect qualifying for workers' compensation
benefits following a work-related exposure to human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV). The notice shall be posted in the personnel office and
in the workplace where employees are likely to read the notice on
a regular basis. Specific guidance for state employers and employees
covered by this subsection is found in §122.4 of this title (relating
to State Employees: Exposed to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV):
Reporting and Testing Requirements).
(c) The cost of testing for exposure to a reportable
communicable disease for emergency medical service employees, paramedics,
fire fighters, law enforcement officers and correctional officers
shall be paid by the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier,
including state and political subdivision employers.
(d) The following notice shall be printed with a title
in at least 15 point bold type and the text in at least 14 point normal
type, in English and Spanish or in English and any other language
common to the employer's affected employee population. The text of
the notice shall be as follows without any additional words or changes:
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