“Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters,
Emergency Medical Services Employees, Paramedics, and
Correctional Officers – Notice Regarding Certain Work-Related
Communicable Diseases and Eligibility for Workers’
Compensation Benefits: In order to
qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, an employee who
claims a possible work-related exposure to a reportable
disease, including HIV infection, must be tested for the
disease not later than the 10th day after the
exposure and must provide their employer with documentation of
the test and a sworn affidavit of the date and circumstances
of the exposure. The test results must indicate the absence
of the disease. The employee is not required to pay for the
test. Reportable diseases are those communicable diseases and
health conditions required to be reported to the Texas
Department of Health. Exposure criteria and testing protocol
must conform to Texas Department of Health requirements.”
