Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 892.1 - LICENSING OF GROUP CHILD CARE CENTERS AND GROUP CHILD CARE HOMES
Subchapter 6 - HEALTH STANDARDS FOR STAFF
Section 17-892.1-29 - Providers' health standards
Current through February, 2024
Evidence that providers are free from health problems which would have a harmful effect on the children or would interfere with effective functioning shall be maintained at the child care facility as follows:
(1) The results of employment physical examinations of each person employed in the center and each volunteer who serves ten or more hours per week shall be on file at the facility;
(2) Written evidence that each member of a child care center staff or volunteer is free from communicable tuberculosis as a result of a negative tuberculin skin test or a satisfactory chest x-ray taken within twelve months before beginning child care shall be on file at the facility. The tests shall be repeated in compliance with chapter 11-164, Hawaii Administrative Rules, of the state department of health;
(3) Each caregiver with an identified health problem shall provide the facility with a written statement from a physician that the caregiver is able to care for young children;
(4) The facility shall have provisions for substitution of staff who are too ill to function effectively or who present a serious health hazard to others in the facility;
(5) Group child care home caregivers providing care in a residence shall have on file with the department written evidence that each member of the household, even though the member may not be a caregiver, is free from communicable tuberculosis. Upon request of the department, additional reports with reference to the health of the other members of the household shall be made available to the department; and
(6) When volunteers provide direct care of ten hours or more per week, the volunteers shall be subject to the same requirements for health and personal habits as the provider.
