R432-600-10. Health Surveillance

(1) The Facility shall establish a personnel health program through written personnel health policies and procedures which shall protect the health and safety of personnel and clients commensurate with the service offered.

(2) An employee placement health evaluation to include at least a health inventory shall be completed when an employee is hired.

(3) The health inventory shall obtain at least the employee's history of the following:

(a) conditions that predispose the employee to acquiring or transmitting infectious diseases;

(b) condition which may prevent the employee from performing certain assigned duties satisfactorily;

(4) Employee health screening and immunization components of personnel health programs shall be developed in accordance with R386-702. Communicable Disease Rules;

(5) Employee skin testing by the Mantoux Method or other FDA approved in-vitro serologic test and follow up for tuberculosis shall be done in accordance with R388-804, Special Measures for control of Tuberculosis;

(a) The licensee shall ensure that all employees are skin tested for tuberculosis within two weeks of:

(i) initial hiring;

(ii) suspected exposure to a person with active tuberculosis; and

(iii) development of symptoms of tuberculosis.

(b) Skin testing shall be exempted for all employees with known positive reaction to skin tests.

(6) All infections and communicable diseases reportable by law shall be reported by the facility to the local health department in accordance with R386-702-2.