Minnesota Administrative Rules

4665.1200 STAFF HEALTH.

The licensee shall assure that:

A.

all staff shall, prior to employment and annually thereafter, show freedom from tuberculosis by a report of either a standard Mantoux tuberculin test or a chest X-ray. If the Mantoux test is positive or contraindicated, a chest X-ray shall be taken. The results of these tests shall be reported in writing and made a part of the staff member's personnel record;

B.

any staff member with a communicable disease shall not be permitted to work in the facility until such time that a physician certifies that the staff member's condition will permit a return to work without endangering the health of other staff and residents;

C.

the facility administrator may require that a staff member have a medical examination when a reasonable suspicion of communicable disease exists; and

D.

personnel records shall be available for inspection by department employees.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.56

History:

17 SR 1279

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007