Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 896 - LICENSING OF BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE FACILITIES (REPEALED)
Subchapter 6 - HEALTH STANDARDS FOR STAFF
Section 17-896-27 - Staff's health standards
Current through August, 2024
Evidence that staff is free from health problems which would have a harmful effect on the children or would interfere with effective functioning shall be maintained at the facility as follows:
(1) The results of employment physical examinations of each person employed in the facility and each volunteer who serves ten or more hours per week shall be on file at the facility;
(2) Written evidence that each 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 school and
(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.
