WAC 296-307-039   First-aid rule summary.  Your responsibility: Make sure first-aid trained personnel are available to provide quick and effective first aid.

     You must:

     Make sure that first-aid trained personnel are available to provide quick and effective first aid.

     WAC 296-307-03905.

     Make sure appropriate first-aid supplies are readily available.

     WAC 296-307-03920.

    

Note:
•	Employers who require their employees to provide first aid must comply with the bloodborne pathogen rule, chapter 296-823 WAC .
•	Additional requirements relating to first aid are also located in the following sections:

–	WAC 296-307-07013(12), What rules apply to vehicles used to transport employees?

–	WAC 296-307-16175, First-aid requirements for operators of temporary worker housing.

–	WAC 296-307-16380, First-aid requirements for operators of cherry harvest camps.

Definitions:

First aid:

The extent of treatment you would expect from a person trained in basic first aid, using supplies from a first-aid kit.

Emergency medical service:

Medical treatment and care given at the scene of any medical emergency or while transporting any victim to a medical facility.

     You can get copies of these rules by calling 1-800-4BE SAFE (1-800-423-7233), or by going to http://www.lni.wa.gov.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 05-01-166, § 296-307-039, filed 12/21/04, effective 4/2/05; 04-07-160, § 296-307-039, filed 3/23/04, effective 5/1/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010,[49.17].040 , [49.17].050. 02-12-098, § 296-307-039, filed 6/5/02, effective 8/1/02; 01-17-033, § 296-307-039, filed 8/8/01, effective 9/1/01. 97-09-013, recodified as § 296-307-039, filed 4/7/97, effective 4/7/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060. 96-22-048, § 296-306A-039, filed 10/31/96, effective 12/1/96.]