53ACompensation in respect of contact with bodily fluids

53A Compensation in respect of contact with bodily fluids (1) Subject to this Part, where a worker: (a) has come or may have come into contact with bodily fluid from another person in the course of his or her employment; and (b) as a result, has a reasonable apprehension that he or she may have contracted a disease, the worker is entitled to be paid by the worker's employer: (c) the costs reasonably incurred by the worker for the purpose of obtaining medical tests in respect of that contact; and (d) the worker's salary or wages in full during any absence from his or her workplace for the purpose of obtaining those medical tests. (2) A payment made by an employer in pursuance of subsection (1)(c) or (d) is not to be taken to be an admission of liability by the employer in respect of a disease that is or may be attributable to the contact with bodily fluid.