CHAPTER 141-G NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE/PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS AFTER EXPOSURE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE
First Responder and Healthcare Provider Exposure Blood Testing
Section 141-G:8
141-G:8 Definitions. –
As used in this subdivision:
I. "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a registered nurse licensed by the state of New Hampshire pursuant to RSA 326-B:18.
II. "Applicant" means a person who applies for a testing order or on whose behalf an application for a testing order is made.
III. "Bloodborne pathogens" means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
IV. "Court" means the district division of the circuit court.
V. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
VI. "Healthcare provider" means all persons working in a healthcare setting who have the potential for exposure to infectious materials, including, but not limited to, body substances.
VII. "Physician" means a medical practitioner licensed by the state of New Hampshire pursuant to RSA 329:12.
VIII. "Physician assistant" means a physician assistant licensed by the state of New Hampshire pursuant to RSA 328-D:2.
IX. "Source individual" means any person whose blood, body fluids, tissue, or organs were specifically identified as the source of a bloodborne pathogen exposure to an applicant under this subdivision.
X. "Test results" means results of an analysis conducted for the purposes referred to in this subdivision.
XI. "Testing order" means an order under RSA 141-G:11, I.
XII. "Unprotected exposure" includes instances of commingling of blood or other potentially infectious material of a source individual and an applicant, which is capable of transmitting a bloodborne pathogen or any other such type of exposure that may be designated by the commissioner by rule adopted under RSA 141-G:19.