Health, Department of

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Effective Date: 09/08/1993 to 02/08/2001

Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 048.0051.7.09081993

CHAPTER VII

AUTHORITY FOR TESTING FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO BLOOD OR BODY FLUID

Section 1. Following a documented exposure of a health care worker to blood or bodily fluids of a patient that could lead to infection of a communicable disease which is capable of transmission by blood or other body fluids, a health care provider, worker or professional, acting within his scope of practice, may order an appropriate test to be performed on a specimen from the patient by a duly licensed and accredited laboratory.

Section 2. If a patient specimen is not available for testing, a health care provider, worker or professional, acting within the scope of his practice, or the county health officer may, with the patient's consent, order the necessary testing.

Section 3. If the patient does not consent to testing, the county health officer or the authority responsible for the care of the patient may apply to the district court for an order to have the necessary testing performed.

Section 4. Test results will be kept confidential and shall be reported by the health care provider, worker or professional, in accordance with Wyoming State Statute 35-4-130 through 35-4-134.

Section 5. Reports to the Department of Health shall be made on an official state disease report form or the report may be made by telephone with confirmation by written form.