# 28 CFR § 549.15: Infectious disease training and preventive measures

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.15

## Section

- **Citation:** 28 CFR § 549.15
- **Heading:** Infectious disease training and preventive measures
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 28—Judicial Administration > CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER C—INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT > PART 549—MEDICAL SERVICES > Subpart A—Infectious Disease Management

## Text

(a) The HSA will ensure that a qualified health care professional provides training, incorporating a question-and-answer session, about infectious diseases to all newly committed inmates, during Admission and Orientation.
(b) Inmates in work assignments which staff determine to present the potential for occupational exposure to blood or infectious body fluids will receive annual training on prevention of work-related exposures and will be offered vaccination for Hepatitis B.

## Nearby sections

- [28 CFR § 549.10 § 549.10 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.10.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.11 § 549.11 Program responsibility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.11.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.12 § 549.12 Testing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.12.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.13 § 549.13 Programming, duty, and housing restrictions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.13.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.14 § 549.14 Confidentiality of information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.14.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.15 § 549.15 Infectious disease training and preventive measures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.15.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.30 § 549.30 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.30.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.31 § 549.31 Inmates without funds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.31.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.40 § 549.40 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.40.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.41 § 549.41 Hospitalization in a suitable facility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.41.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.42 § 549.42 Use of psychiatric medications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.42.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.43 § 549.43 Transfer for psychiatric or psychological examination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.43.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.44 § 549.44 Voluntary hospitalization in a suitable facility for psychiatric care or treatment, and voluntary administration of psychiatric medication.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.44.md)
- [28 CFR § 549.45 § 549.45 Involuntary hospitalization in a suitable facility for psychiatric care or treatment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-549.45.md)

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