(3) A home health care employee.
(4) A paramedic or emergency medical services employee.
(5) A medical transport employee.
(6) An employee who provides services as a firefighter
or other emergency responder.
(7) A corrections or detention officer or a secure
treatment facility employee.
(8) A mortuary or laboratory employee.
"Personal protective equipment." Gloves, respirators, face
masks, gowns, face shields and other protective equipment
designed to be worn by individuals to prevent or contain contact
with, or prevent the transmission of, a communicable illness or
the pathogens that cause a communicable illness.
Section 3. Protecting workers from COVID-19 exposure.
(a) Health care or emergency responder employer.--
(1) A health care or emergency responder employer shall:
(i) Comply with the precautions mandated by the
Department of Health and all relevant health alerts,
advisories and updates issued by the health alert network
of the Department of Health.
(ii) Incorporate, as appropriate, guidelines issued
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
designed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in
health care settings.
(2) A health care or emergency responder employer shall
afford to each employee, during each shift worked,
appropriate levels of personal protective equipment.
(3) A health care or emergency responder employer shall
maintain on file, and make available to an employee upon
20210HB0368PN0340 - 3 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30