053-10 Wyo. Code R. §§ 10-6 - Blood-borne Pathogen Testing and Prophylactic Care
(a)
Benefits for human blood-borne pathogen testing and prophylactic care under
W.S. §
27-14-501(a) shall be limited to the cost of reasonable and
necessary initial and follow-up testing and reasonable and necessary
prophylactic treatment. Benefits under this section shall be available only to
workers reasonably believed to have incurred a potentially significant
exposure.
(b) Nothing in this
section shall limit benefits for testing and prophylactic care to any
particular covered occupations included in the definition of "injury" under
W.S. §
27-14-102(a)(xi) and prescribing reasonable prophylactic medical
treatment during the disease's latency period.
(c) Except to the extent expressly provided,
nothing in this section shall receive a worker of the burden to prove the
elements of an "injury" as defined by W.S. §
27-14-102(a)(xi).
(d) Nothing in this subsection shall limit
benefits for an exposure to a disease that has resulted in an "injury" as
defined in W.S. §
27-14-102(a)(xi)
(e) The Division will follow current
recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
post-exposure prophylaxis.
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