WAC 296-823-13010   Obtain a copy of the health care professional's written opinion for hepatitis B vaccination and provide it to the employee.  

     You must:

     • Obtain and provide the employee a copy of the evaluating health care professional's written opinion for hepatitis B vaccination within fifteen days of the employee's evaluation.

Note:	• If the health care professional provides the written opinion directly to the employee, you do not need to do so.
	• If the employee's personal health care professional completes the evaluation, you are not required to obtain the health care professional's written opinion.

     You must:

     • Make sure the health care professional's written opinion is limited to whether a hepatitis B vaccination is indicated and if the employee has received this vaccination

     • Make sure that all other findings or diagnoses remain confidential and are not included in the written report.

Reference:

Requirements for the health care professional's written opinion on post-exposure evaluation can be found in WAC 296-823-16030.

     Helpful tool:

     Health care professional's written opinion for post-exposure evaluation and health care provider's written opinion for hepatitis B vaccination.

     These forms are available for your use in the resource section of this chapter.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 03-09-110, § 296-823-13010, filed 4/22/03, effective 8/1/03.]