Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. A record shall be established for each
staff person. It shall not be destroyed until at least two years after
employment is terminated.
B. All
staff records shall be retained at the facility, treated confidentially, and
kept in a locked area.
Exception: Emergency contact information required by
subdivision C 9 of this section shall also be kept in an easily accessible
place.
C. Personal and social
data to be maintained on staff and included in the staff record are as follows:
1. Name;
2. Birth date;
3. Current address and telephone
number;
4. Position title and date
employed;
5. Verification that the
staff person has received a copy of his current job description;
6. An original criminal record report and a
sworn disclosure statement;
7.
Documentation of qualifications for employment related to the staff person's
position, including any specified relevant information;
8. Verification of current professional
license, certification, registration, medication aide provisional
authorization, or completion of a required approved training course;
9. Name and telephone number of person to
contact in an emergency;
10.
Documentation of orientation, training, and education required by this chapter,
including any specified relevant information, with annual training requirements
determined by starting date of employment; and
11. Date of termination of
employment.
D. Health
information required by these standards shall be maintained at the facility and
be included in the staff record for each staff person, and also shall be
maintained at the facility for each household member who comes in contact with
residents.
1. Initial tuberculosis examination
and report.
a. Each staff person on or within
seven days prior to the first day of work at the facility and each household
member prior to coming in contact with residents shall submit the results of a
risk assessment, documenting the absence of tuberculosis in a communicable form
as evidenced by the completion of the current screening form published by the
Virginia Department of Health or a form consistent with it.
b. The risk assessment shall be no older than
30 days.
2. Subsequent
tuberculosis evaluations and reports.
a. Any
staff person or household member required to be evaluated who comes in contact
with a known case of infectious tuberculosis shall be screened as determined
appropriate based on consultation with the local health department.
b. Any staff person or household member
required to be evaluated who develops chronic respiratory symptoms of three
weeks duration shall be evaluated immediately for the presence of infectious
tuberculosis.
c. Each staff person
or household member required to be evaluated shall annually submit the results
of a risk assessment, documenting that the individual is free of tuberculosis
in a communicable form as evidenced by the completion of the current screening
form published by the Virginia Department of Health or a form consistent with
it.
3. Any individual
suspected to have infectious tuberculosis shall not be allowed to return to
work or have any contact with the residents and personnel of the facility until
a physician has determined that the individual is free of infectious
tuberculosis.
4. The facility shall
report any active case of tuberculosis developed by a staff person or household
member required to be evaluated to the local health
department.
E. Record of
any vaccinations and immunizations received as noted in
22VAC40-73-100
D.
Statutory Authority: §§
63.2-217, 63.2-1732, 63.2-1802, 63.2-1805 , and 63.2-1808
of the Code of Virginia.
