241.33 DEFINITIONS.
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241.33 DEFINITIONS.
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Subdivision 1. Scope of definitions.
For purposes of sections 241.33 to 241.342 , the following terms have the meanings given them.
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Subd. 2. Blood-borne pathogens.
"Blood-borne pathogens" means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Subd. 3. Correctional facility.
"Correctional facility" means a state or local correctional facility.
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Subd. 4. Corrections employee.
"Corrections employee" means an employee of a state or local correctional agency.
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Subd. 5. Inmate.
"Inmate" means an individual who is in the custody or under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections or a local correctional authority and is confined in a state or local correctional facility either before or after conviction.
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Subd. 6. Significant exposure.
"Significant exposure" means contact likely to transmit a blood-borne pathogen, in a manner supported by the most current guidelines and recommendations of the United States Public Health Service at the time an evaluation takes place, that includes:
(1)percutaneous injury, contact of mucous membrane or nonintact skin, or prolonged contact of intact skin; and
(2)contact, in a manner that may transmit a blood-borne pathogen, with blood, tissue, or potentially infectious body fluids.