Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 3 - Practice › Chapter 67 - Preventing Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) during Exposure-Prone Invasive Procedures › Section XLV-6703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				  Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings specified.
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
					 Medical Examiners.
Body Fluids
- amniotic, pericardial,
					 peritoneal, pleural, synovial, and cerebrospinal fluids, semen, vaginal
					 secretions, and other body fluids, secretions, and excretions containing
					 visible blood.
Exposure-Prone Procedure
- an invasive
					 procedure in which there is an increased risk of percutaneous injury to the
					 practitioner by virtue of digital palpation of a needle tip or other sharp
					 instrument in a body cavity or the simultaneous presence of the practitioner's
					 fingers and a needle or other sharp instrument or object in a poorly visualized
					 or highly confined anatomic site, or other invasive procedure in which there is
					 a significant risk of contact between the blood or body fluids of the
					 practitioner and the blood or body fluids of the patient. All invasive
					 procedures are not considered exposure-prone; an invasive procedure (defined
					 below) is considered an exposure-prone procedure only when it is a type of
					 invasive procedure described by this definition.
Function Ancillary to an Invasive
					 Procedure
- the preparation, processing, or handling of blood, fluids,
					 tissues, or instruments which may be introduced into or come into contact with
					 any blood, body fluids, cavity, internal organ, subcutaneous tissue, mucous
					 membrane, or percutaneous wound of the human body in connection with the
					 performance of an invasive procedure.
HBV
- the hepatitis B virus.
HBsAg Seropositive
- with respect to a
					 practitioner, that a test of the practitioner's blood under the criteria of the
					 Federal Centers for Disease Control or of the Association of State and
					 Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors has confirmed the presence of
					 hepatitis B surface antigens and that no subsequent test has confirmed that
					 hepatitis B surface antigens are no longer present.
HIV
- the human immunodeficiency virus,
					 whether HIV-1 or HIV-2.
HIV Seropositive
- with respect to a
					 practitioner, that a test under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease
					 Control or of the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory
					 Directors has confirmed the presence of HIV antibodies.
Invasive Procedure
- any surgical or other
					 diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving manual or instrumental contact
					 with or entry into any blood, body fluids, cavity, internal organ, subcutaneous
					 tissue, mucous membrane, or percutaneous wound of the human body.
Practitioner
- a physician, podiatrist,
					 physician's assistant, respiratory therapist, or other health care provider
					 licensed or certified by the board and authorized by applicable laws and
					 regulations to perform or participate in invasive procedures or functions
					 ancillary to invasive procedures.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1746-1747 and
					 37:1270(B)(6).