SB 6416 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

     Provides that the department shall, by March 1, 2001, adopt rules revising the bloodborne pathogens standard governing occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials.  The rules must require product evaluation in accordance with this act, beginning no later than April 1, 2001.  The rules must also embody a bloodborne pathogens standard meeting the requirements of this act.