- (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall recommend that governmental units implement needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protection for employees.
- (b) The recommendation adopted under Subsection (a) does not apply to the use of a needleless system or sharps with engineered sharps injury protection in circumstances and in a year in which an evaluation committee has established that the use of needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protection will jeopardize patient or employee safety with regard to a specific medical procedure or will be unduly burdensome. A report of the committee's decision shall be submitted to the department annually.
- (c) At least half of the members of an evaluation committee established by a governmental unit to implement Subsection (b) must be employees who are health care workers who have direct contact with patients or provide services on a regular basis.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 26.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0247, eff. April 2, 2015.