Sec. 13a.18.06.04. Staff Health

A. Medical Evaluation.

(1) A provider shall obtain a medical evaluation on a form supplied or approved by the office, that has been completed within 6 months before the individual begins work in the child care home, from each prospective:

(a) Staff member; and

(b) Except for a health care professional serving as a consultant pursuant to Regulation .09C of this chapter, support staff who will be present at the child care home while children are in care.

(2) The medical evaluation shall include verification that the individual:

(a) Is free of communicable tuberculosis, if indicated; and

(b) If the applicant or a staff member, is capable of performing the duties of their position.

(3) The medical evaluation may transfer directly from one child care home to another, or from a licensed child care center to the child care home, if the evaluation was completed within the previous 24 months of the transfer.

(4) The medical evaluation shall be updated every 2 years.

B. Exclusion from Work. Except with the approval of the office and the health officer, a provider may not permit an individual with a serious transmissible infection or communicable disease listed on a chart supplied by the office to work at the child care home during the period of exclusion from child care recommended on the chart for that infection or disease.