Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-539.3

agencies.

A. By March 1, 2004, each of the state agencies specified in

subsection C of this section shall have promulgated uniform

emergency rules and shall have submitted proposed permanent uniform

rules to the Governor and Legislature pursuant to the Administrative

Procedures Act for the use of needleless systems and engineered

sharps injury protection in this state. Specifically the uniform

rules shall require:

1. That each public or private health care facility or location

have a written exposure control plan for risk exposure to bloodborne

pathogens;

2. That sharps prevention technology be included as engineering

or work practice controls in high exposure areas, except in cases

where the employer or other appropriate party can demonstrate

circumstances in which the technology does not promote employee or

patient safety or interferes with a medical procedure. Those

circumstances shall be specified in the control plan, and shall

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include, but not be limited to, circumstances where the technology

is medically contraindicated or not more effective than alternative

measures used by the employer to prevent exposure incidents in high

exposure areas;

3. That the written exposure control plans include an effective

procedure for identifying and selecting existing sharps prevention

technology in high exposure areas;

4. That a written exposure control plan be updated when

necessary to reflect progress in implementing the sharps prevention

technology specified by the Committee and promulgated by rule of the

regulating agency;

5. That information concerning exposure incidents be recorded

in a sharps injury log, including, but not limited to, the type and

brand of device involved in the incident; and

6. Such other requirements deemed necessary by the Needlestick

Injury Prevention Committee.

B. The failure of any agency to promulgate rules consistent

with the provisions of the Needlestick Injury Prevention Act shall

be reported by the Committee in writing to the Speaker of the House

of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

C. Each of the following agencies shall promulgate uniform

rules and procedures for the use of needleless systems and

engineered sharps injury protection in compliance with the

provisions of the Needlestick Injury Prevention Act:

1. The State Department of Health; and

2. The State Department of Labor.

D. Upon notification by the Committee that the use of sharps

prevention technology is adequate, the rule-making agency shall

rescind rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the

Needlestick Injury Prevention Act.