MO SB918

Repeals sections 192.800, 192.802, 192.804, 192.806, and 192.808, RSMo, and consolidates communicable disease exposure notification requirements into two new sections (191.630 and 191.631)

Expands the definition of "communicable disease" to include AIDS, HIV, measles, meningococcal disease, mumps, pertussis, pneumonic plague, rubella, SARS-CoV, smallpox, tuberculosis, varicella disease, vaccinia, viral hemorrhagic fevers, and other diseases defined by department rule

Requires hospitals, coroners, and medical examiners to have written policies for notifying emergency care providers and Good Samaritans of exposures to communicable diseases, with involvement of designated infection control officers in policy development

Mandates testing of source patients and notification to exposed emergency care providers or Good Samaritans without revealing the patient's identity unless the patient consents

Requires ambulance services and emergency medical response agencies to establish policies and training regarding occupational exposure to communicable diseases in compliance with CDC and OSHA guidelines