1. (1) During the course of providing emergency medical care or emergency public safety services, if an Emergency Response Employee experiences a direct threat of a significant risk of exposure to a potentially life-threatening infectious disease, the Emergency Response Employee may submit a request for a determination as to whether the ERE has been exposed to an infectious disease as defined herein during the course of normal authorized job duties.
2. (2) The term “Emergency Response Employees (ERE’s)” includes firefighters, first response workers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and volunteers making an authorized emergency response who respond to emergencies.

Authority: T.C.A. §§4-3-1803(1),(10), 4-5-209, and 68-10-117. Administrative History: Original rule filed August 4, 1998; effective October 18, 1998.