| (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:
(1) Consult a health-care professional about the person's
treatment;
(2) Follow the treating physician's orders, which may
include separating the person from others;
(3) Notify the person's parent, if applicable; and
(4) Sanitize all items used by the sick person before
another person uses one of them.
(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:
(1) Be in the person's record;
(2) Include a written statement that the person will
not pose a serious threat to the health of others; and
(3) Include any specific instructions and precautions
to be taken for the protection of others, if necessary.
(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.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1415 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 6607; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |
