N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-5.14

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43G-5.14 - Occupational health education

(a) The hospital shall develop, revise as necessary, and implement a written plan of staff education. The plan shall address the education needs of different categories of employees with potential exposure to hazardous substances, including at least cytotoxic drugs, waste anesthetic gases, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, and/or hazardous blood-borne diseases on all work shifts. The plan shall include education programs conducted in the employees' service, in other areas of the hospital, and off-site.

(b) The plan shall include on-going education programs and an orientation session that address at least the following:

1. Written materials that the employee can use for reference;

2. Information about the risks associated with these hazardous materials and/or blood-borne diseases;

3. Information about employees' responsibilities to use personal protection clothing or equipment;

4. Education and training programs for employees that comply with rules and regulations concerning the establishment and contents of such programs as required by OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200, effective May 25, 2012, and for which the final rule and all appendices are available at http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs-final-rule.html; and The Worker and Community Right to Know Act, N.J.S.A. 34:5A-1 et seq., and for which Right to Know publications are available on the Department's website at: http://www.state.nj.us/health/workplacehealthandsafety/right-to-know/.

(c) An orientation session shall occur before the employee is exposed to or begins working with hazardous materials or patients with hazardous blood-borne diseases.

(d) Implementation of the education plan shall include records of attendance for each program and composite records of participation for each staff member.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-5.14

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 552(b), effective 1/16/2018