| (a) These minimum standards apply to a governmental
unit that employs employees who:
(1) provide services in a public or private facility
providing health care-related services, including home health care
organizations; or
(2) otherwise have a risk of exposure to blood or other
potentially infectious material containing bloodborne pathogens in
connection with exposure to sharps.
(b) These governmental units would include, but not
limited to, hospital district hospitals, city hospitals, county hospitals,
city/county hospitals, hospital authority hospitals, local health
departments, Department of State Health Services regions and hospitals,
other state hospitals and state supported living centers, community
mental health and intellectual disability centers, Texas Juvenile
Justice Department, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, locally
or state-funded university student infirmaries, public school district
clinics, emergency medical services, locally or state-funded long
term care facilities, and blood banks.
(c) Employees who are directly compensated by a governmental
unit are subject to all provisions of this chapter. Employees who
are subject through their private employer to the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and
uncompensated employees are subject only to the log and reporting
provisions of §96.401 of this title (relating to Sharps Injury
Log), and §96.402 of this title (relating to Confidentiality
Statement) unless otherwise required by contract.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §96.201 adopted to be effective August 16, 2000, 25 TexReg 7704; amended to be effective July 23, 2006, 31 TexReg 5626; amended to be effective June 21, 2017, 42 TexReg 3147 |
