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New York Public Health Law Section 239 - Course Work Or Training In Infection Control PracticesLegal Research Home > New York Lawyer > Public Health > New York Public Health Law Section 239 - Course Work Or Training In Infection Control Practices
§ 239. Course work or training in infection control practices. Every
physician, physician assistant and specialist assistant practicing in
the state shall, on or before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four
and every four years thereafter, (a) complete course work or training,
appropriate to the professional's practice, approved by the department
regarding infection control and barrier precautions, including
engineering and work practice controls, in accordance with regulatory
standards promulgated by the department in consultation with the
department of education, to prevent the transmission of HIV or HBV in
the course of professional practice and (b) so document to the
department, provided however, that physicians subject to the provisions
of paragraph (f) of subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred
five-k of this chapter shall not be required to report to the
department. The department shall provide an exemption from this
requirement to anyone who requests such an exemption and who (i) clearly
demonstrates to the department's satisfaction that there would be no
need for him or her to complete such course work or training because of
the nature of his or her practice or (ii) that he or she has completed
course work or training deemed by the department to be equivalent to the
standards for course work or training approved by the department
pursuant to this section. The department shall consult with
organizations representative of professions, institutions and those with
expertise in infection control and HIV and HBV with respect to the
regulatory standards promulgated pursuant to this section.
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