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Senate Study Bill 1120

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 92.5, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  As an aide for, including, but not
  1  4 limited to, dietary, environmental, housekeeping, or laundry
  1  5 services, in a hospital, health care facility, or assisted
  1  6 living program so long as the employee receives the minimum
  1  7 hours of training set forth in the guidelines for isolation
  1  8 precautions in hospitals promulgated by the centers for
  1  9 disease control and prevention of the United States department
  1 10 of health and human services, PB 96-138102, regarding
  1 11 potential exposure to biological materials and biohazards and
  1 12 applicable precautions necessary to be taken in connection
  1 13 with the employment.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 92.8, Code 2001, is amended by adding the
  1 15 following new subsection:
  1 16    NEW SUBSECTION.  20A.  Nothing in this section shall be
  1 17 construed as prohibiting work as an aide for, including, but
  1 18 not limited to, dietary, environmental, housekeeping, or
  1 19 laundry services, in a hospital, health care facility, or
  1 20 assisted living program so long as the employee receives the
  1 21 minimum hours of training set forth in the guidelines for
  1 22 isolation precautions in hospitals promulgated by the centers
  1 23 for disease control and prevention of the United States
  1 24 department of health and human services, PB 96-138102,
  1 25 regarding potential exposure to biological materials and
  1 26 biohazards and applicable precautions necessary to be taken in
  1 27 connection with the employment.
  1 28    Sec. 3.  Section 92.9, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 29 follows:
  1 30    92.9  INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING PERMITTED.
  1 31    1.  The provisions of sections 92.8 and 92.10 shall not
  1 32 apply to pupils working under an instructor in an industrial
  1 33 arts department in the public schools of the state or under an
  1 34 instructor in a school shop, or industrial plant, or in a
  1 35 course of vocational education approved by the board for
  2  1 vocational education, or to apprentices provided they are
  2  2 employed under all of the following conditions:
  2  3    1. a.  The apprentice is employed in a craft recognized as
  2  4 an apprenticeable trade.
  2  5    2. b.  The work of the apprentice in the occupations
  2  6 declared particularly hazardous is incidental to the
  2  7 apprentice's training.
  2  8    3. c.  The work is intermittent and for short periods of
  2  9 time and is under the direct and close supervision of a
  2 10 journeyperson as a necessary part of apprentice training.
  2 11    4. d.  The apprentice is registered by the bureau of
  2 12 apprenticeship and training of the United States department of
  2 13 labor as employed in accordance with the standards established
  2 14 by that department.
  2 15    2.  The provisions of section 92.8 shall not apply to any
  2 16 person currently enrolled in a training program for nurses or
  2 17 a training program for certified nursing assistants or aides
  2 18 or to any person who has successfully completed such training.  
  2 19                           EXPLANATION
  2 20    This bill amends Code chapter 92 by providing that a person
  2 21 who is 14 or 15 years of age can be employed as an aide in a
  2 22 hospital, health care facility, or assisted living program so
  2 23 long as that person receives training regarding potential
  2 24 exposure to biological materials and biohazards and the
  2 25 applicable precautions necessary in connection with the
  2 26 person's employment as an aide.
  2 27    The bill also amends Code section 92.9 to allow persons who
  2 28 are under 18 years of age to enroll in a training program for
  2 29 nurses, certified nursing assistants, or aides and to be
  2 30 employed in those positions following successful completion of
  2 31 the training program.  
  2 32 LSB 2235SC 79
  2 33 av/cls/14

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