Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Subchapter J - FOSTER CARE SERVICES: MEDICAL AND DENTAL
Division 1 - MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
Section 749.1415 - What health precautions must I take if a person in care, employee, caregiver, someone else in one of my foster homes, or someone else in my agency has a communicable disease?

(a) You must notify the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) after you become aware that a person in your care, an employee, a contract service provider, a caregiver, someone else in one of your foster homes, or a volunteer has contracted a communicable disease that the law requires you to report to the DSHS as specified in 25 TAC Chapter 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Diseases).

(b) If a person in your care has symptoms of a communicable disease that is reportable to the DSHS, you must:

(c) If a health-care professional diagnoses a person in your care with a communicable disease that is reportable to DSHS, a health-care professional must authorize the person's participation in any routine activities at the foster home. The authorization must:

(d) If an employee, a contract service provider, a caregiver, someone else in one of your foster homes, or a volunteer has a communicable disease that is reportable to DSHS, you must obtain written authorization from a health-care professional for the person to be present at the agency or foster home. The written authorization must include a statement that the person will not pose a serious threat to the health of others.

(e) You must follow any written instructions and precautions specified by a health-care professional.