HOUSE BILL No. 4592

 

April 29, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Wojno, Spade, Accavitti, Minore, Jamnick, Tobocman, Bieda, Gieleghem, Law and Gleason and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Public health code,"                                                       

                                                                                

    (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 20195a.                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 20195a.  (1) A health facility or agency in which                      

                                                                                

2   invasive surgical procedures are performed or in which the                  

                                                                                

3   employees have other occupational exposure to blood or other                

                                                                                

4   potentially infectious material shall comply with the laundering            

                                                                                

5   requirements of R 325.70011 of the Michigan administrative code.            

                                                                                

6   A health facility or agency described in this subsection shall              

                                                                                

7   not allow or require an employee who participates in invasive               

                                                                                

8   surgical procedures or has exposure to blood or other potentially           

                                                                                

9   infectious material to take his or her work clothes home for                

                                                                                

10  laundering.                                                                 

                                                                                

11      (2) As used in this section, "other potentially infectious                  

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   material" means that term as defined in R 325.70002 of the                  

                                                                                

2   Michigan administrative code.