Section 5-10-15-2 - "At risk for occupational exposure"As used in this chapter, "at risk for occupational exposure" means that an individual incurs risk in performing the basic duties of the individual's employment, including:
(1) providing emergency medical treatment in a nonhealth care setting where there is a potential for contact with;(2) working at the scene of an accident, a fire, or another rescue or public safety operation, or working in an emergency rescue vehicle or a public safety vehicle, during which the individual has contact with;(3) engaging in the pursuit, apprehension, and arrest of law violators, during which the individual may be exposed to; or(4) maintaining custody and physical restraint of prisoners or inmates of a prison, a jail, or another criminal detention facility during which the individual may be exposed to; a known carcinogen, or a substance or condition that adversely affects an individual's cardiovascular, neurological, or respiratory system.
As added by P.L. 62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L. 59-2009, SEC.1.