Document Citation: 22 CCR 76539

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CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 22. SOCIAL SECURITY
DIVISION 5. LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES, HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, CLINICS, AND REFERRAL AGENCIES
CHAPTER 8. INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLE

Date:
08/31/2009

Document:
22 CCR 76539 (2011)

§ 76539. Employees' Health Examination and Health Records

(a) The licensee and all employees working in the facility shall have a health examination within 6 months prior to employment or within 15 days after employment and at least annually thereafter by a person lawfully authorized to perform such examinations. Each such examination shall include a medical history, physical evaluation and laboratory work as indicated. The report signed by the examiner shall indicate that the individual is sufficiently free of disease to perform assigned duties and does not have ay health condition that would create a hazard for the employee, fellow employees, visitors or clients.

(b) The initial health examination and subsequent annual examination shall include a purified protein derivative intermediate strength intradermal skin test for tuberculosis or a chest X-ray. Positive reaction to the skin test shall be followed by a 35.56 cm x 43.18 cm (14" x 17") chest X-ray.

(c) The facility shall maintain a health record of the administrator and each employee which includes reports of all employment-related health examinations. These records shall be kept for a minimum of three years following termination of employment.

(d) Employees known to have or evidencing signs or symptoms of infectious disease shall not be permitted to work until they submit a physician's certification that they are sufficiently free of infectious disease to return to their assigned duties.