Document Citation: N.D. Admin. Code 75-03-17-14

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NORTH DAKOTA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE 75. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
ARTICLE 3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
CHAPTER 17. PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN

Date:
08/31/2009

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75-03-17-14. Employee health qualifications.

1. All personnel, including volunteers and interns, must be in good health and physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks.

2. Except as specified in subsection 4, the good physical health of each employee must be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or thirty days after employment. The individual performing the screening shall sign a report indicating the presence of any health condition that would create a hazard to children of the facility or other staff members.

3. Unless effective measures are taken to prevent transmission, an employee suffering from a serious communicable disease shall be isolated from other employees and children of the facility who have not been infected.

4. Information obtained concerning the medical condition or history of an employee must be collected and maintained on forms and in medical files separate from other forms and files and must be treated as a confidential medical record.

5. The facility shall develop a policy regarding health requirements for volunteers, interns, and student placements that addresses tuberculin testing.