chapters 6 funeral est laws

Question 1

what is hippa

Answer 1

the privacy rule, protects individual’s medical records and personal health information.includes any electronic, written or oral disclosure of this information (health insurance portability and accountability act)

Question 2

What is osha

Answer 2

(occupational safety and health administration) enforces standards that make employers responsible for providing a safe and healthy workplace for employees

Question 3

What is the osha formaldehyde standard

Answer 3

protects workers form occupational exposures to any form of fromaldehyde, including soultions gas or any materials that release into the workplace

1) sets workplace exposure limits
2) specifies personal protection equipment
3) sets employee training requirments
4) mandates periodic monitoring of workspaces and requires emergency plans for spills

Question 4

what is pel

Answer 4

the permissible exposure limit (pel) for fomaldehyde in the workplace is .75 ppm measured as an 8 hour time weighted average

Question 5

what is stel

Answer 5

short term exposure limit, 2 ppm, which is max exposure for 15 min

Question 6

what are the record keeping requirements

Answer 6

employers are required to retain exposure records for 30 years, retain medical records for 30 years after employment ends, and allow acces to medical and exposure records to current and former workers or their designated representatives upon request

Question 7

whats the osha hazard communication standard

Answer 7

is based on the concept that employees have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are exposed to when working

Question 8

hazard communication program

Answer 8

a written hazard communication program ensures all employees recieve the information they need to inform and train their employees properly and to design and put in place employee protection program, it also provides nessasary hazard info to employees.

Question 9

safety data sheets

Answer 9

also sds are detailed bulletins prepared by the manufacturer of the chemicle which it applies

Question 10

what is the osha bloodborne pathogen standard

Answer 10

pathogons are infectious microorganisms in blood that can cause disease in humans. includes hep b and c, hiv. the standard for removals is universals precasutions ppe

Question 11

what is the ada

Answer 11

americans with disabilities act, a federal statute prohibiting discrimination against the disabled in employment, public transport ect.

Question 12

public accommodations

Answer 12

private accomadations are private entities who own, lease, lease to or operate facilities and are open to the public

Question 13

ada public accommodation standards

Answer 13

1) for buildings and structures not occupied until after january 1993 the standards are not a strict becasue the building plans would have been achitectuarally designed to incorporate the ada requirements to provide accommodations for the disabled
2) for buildings and structures occupied before january 1993 the standards are stricter, ofted requiring renovations and redesigns to bring them into complience with ada requirments that did not exist when they were initianally designed and built