410 IAC 1-4-7 Facility operator policies

Sec. 7. A facility operator shall develop a written policy in compliance with this rule and the requirements of the Indiana occupational safety and health administration's bloodborne pathogens standards (as found in 29 CFR 1910.1030), that: (1) requires the use of universal precautions by a covered individual when performing those professional, employment, training, or volunteer activities or duties that include any reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials; (2) provides sanctions, including discipline and dismissal, if warranted, for failure to use universal precautions; and (3) proscribes the facility operator, or any covered individual acting at or on behalf of the facility, from retaliating against any person, including any professional, employee, trainee, volunteer, or patient, for filing a complaint with the department in good faith under this rule.