Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 130.000 - Hospital Licensure
Subpart D - SUPPLEMENTARY STANDARDS: PARTICULAR SERVICES
Section 130.1005 - Exemption from the Inclusion of Sharps Injury Prevention Technology

Universal Citation: 105 CMR 130.000 MA Code of Regs 130.1005

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(A) Sharps injury prevention technology may be excluded as engineering or work practice controls in cases where the hospital or other appropriate party can demonstrate circumstances in which the technology does not promote employee or patient safety or interferes with a medical procedure.

(B) Where sharps injury prevention technology is not utilized, the hospital shall specify those circumstances, which shall include but not be limited to situations where the technology is medically contraindicated or not more effective than alternative measures used by the employer to prevent exposure incidents.

(C) In all cases the Department shall make the final determination as to whether a hospital or other appropriate party has demonstrated in a satisfactory manner those circumstances which warrant an exemption from the inclusion of sharps injury prevention technology.

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