Document Citation: N.D. Admin. Code 75-03-16-12.3

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NORTH DAKOTA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE 75. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
ARTICLE 3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
CHAPTER 16. LICENSING OF GROUP HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES

Date:
08/31/2009

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75-03-16-12.3. Staff health requirements.

1. All personnel, including volunteers and interns, shall be physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks.

2. Except as specified in subsection 3, the good physical health of each employee shall 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 residents of the facility or other staff members.

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

4. The facility shall collect and maintain information obtained under this section regarding the medical condition or history of any employee on forms and in medical files which are separate from any other forms and files and treated as a confidential medical record available to the employee, the facility, and the department.

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