Ryan White Notification Law Restored
By Susan Nicol Kyle
Novermber 4, 2009
Firehouse.com
Responders have revived legislation that will permit notification of personnel exposed to HIV or other serious illnesses.
On Friday, President Obama signed the Ryan White legislation that includes the provision allowing hospitals to notify personnel about certain exposures within 48 hours.
When the bill was revised in 2006, the section allowing hospitals to tell first responders if their health could be in jeopardy was eliminated. The EMS community was not asked about the measure, and it was dropped.
Since then, EMS officials have been on a mission to get it reinstated.
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