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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 92.6, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. Health care provider occupations 1 4 involving routine exposure or handling of blood borne 1 5 pathogens. 1 6 Sec. 2. Section 92.8, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 7 following new subsection: 1 8 NEW SUBSECTION. 20A. Nothing in this section shall be 1 9 construed as prohibiting work as an aide for, including, but 1 10 not limited to, dietary, environmental, housekeeping, or 1 11 laundry services, in a hospital, hospice, health care 1 12 facility, or assisted living program so long as such work does 1 13 not violate the provisions of section 92.8, subsection 18, and 1 14 the employee receives training consistent with the guidelines 1 15 for isolation precautions in hospitals promulgated by the 1 16 centers for disease control and prevention of the United 1 17 States department of health and human services, PB 96-138102, 1 18 regarding potential exposure to biological materials and 1 19 biohazards and applicable precautions necessary to be taken in 1 20 connection with the employment. 1 21 Sec. 3. Section 92.9, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 22 follows: 1 23 92.9 INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING PERMITTED. 1 24 1. The provisions of sections 92.8 and 92.10 shall not 1 25 apply to pupils working under an instructor in an industrial 1 26 arts department in the public schools of the state or under an 1 27 instructor in a school shop, or industrial plant, or in a 1 28 course of vocational education approved by the board for 1 29 vocational education, or to apprentices provided they are 1 30 employed under all of the following conditions: 1 311.a. The apprentice is employed in a craft recognized as 1 32 an apprenticeable trade. 1 332.b. The work of the apprentice in the occupations 1 34 declared particularly hazardous is incidental to the 1 35 apprentice's training. 2 13.c. The work is intermittent and for short periods of 2 2 time and is under the direct and close supervision of a 2 3 journeyperson as a necessary part of apprentice training. 2 44.d. The apprentice is registered by the bureau of 2 5 apprenticeship and training of the United States department of 2 6 labor as employed in accordance with the standards established 2 7 by that department. 2 8 2. The provisions of section 92.8 shall not apply to any 2 9 person currently enrolled in a training program for nurses or 2 10 a training program for certified nursing assistants or aides 2 11 or to any person who has successfully completed such training. 2 12 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 14 SF 170 2 15 av/cc/26
Text: SF00169 Text: SF00171 Text: SF00100 - SF00199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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