Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-725 - Personal Care Agency Rule
Section R432-725-7 - Health Surveillance

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-725-7

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) The agency shall establish and implement a policy and procedure for health screening of all agency health care workers (persons with direct client contact) to identify any situation which would prevent the employee from performing assigned duties in a satisfactory manner.

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

(3) 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 the 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.

(4) 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.

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