SECTION 195:35-1-5. Assessment and practice management of HIV and HBV infected dental health care workers

(a)   A dental health care worker who is subject to the counsel and prescribed conditions for practice of the State Department of Health Advisory Committee for HIV and/or HBV Infected Health Care Workers (henceforth known as the Advisory Committee), and who is allowed to continue to practice in whole or in part, shall comply with all terms and conditions of the Advisory Committee's determinations and conditions for practice.

(b)   A dental health care worker who experiences a break in a barrier technique while treating a patient is required to temporarily cease treatment until the barrier technique can be fully restored. If bleeding or body fluid exposure to the patient presents a continued potential exposure after barrier techniques restoration, the dental health care worker must cease further direct contact with or treatment of the patient and shall be responsible for arranging for completion of the procedure being performed on the patient.

(c)   Following a break in a barrier technique, a dental health care worker who exposes the mucous membrane or non-intact skin of a patient to his or her blood shall undergo HIV and HBV surface antigen testing and ensure that the patient is notified of the exposure. The patient must be notified of the dental health care worker's test results, observing the provisions of the Oklahoma Public Health Code regarding confidentiality of communicable disease test results.

(d)   A dental health care worker infected with HIV or HBV must notify the State Epidemiologist or his designee when a risk exposure noted in (c) has occurred.

[Source: Added at 13 Ok Reg 2953, eff 7-11-96; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2397, eff 7-1-99]