| (a) You must notify the Department of State Health
Services (DSHS) after you become aware that a person in your care,
a person who resides at your operation, an employee, a contract service
provider, or a volunteer has contracted a communicable disease that
the law requires you to report to the DSHS as specified in 25 TAC
97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Diseases).
(b) If a person in your care or a person who resides
at your operation has symptoms of a communicable disease that is reportable
to the Department of State Health Services, 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 or a person who resides at your operation with a communicable
disease that is reportable to DSHS, a health-care professional must
authorize the person's participation in any routine activities at
your operation. The authorization must:
(1) Be in the person's record, if the person is in
care at your operation;
(2) Include a written statement that the person will
not pose a serious threat to the health of the others; and
(3) Include any specific instructions and precautions
to be taken for the protection of others, if necessary.
(d) If an employee, contract service provider, or 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 operation. The written authorization must include
a statement that the person will not pose a serious threat to the
health of the 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 §748.1581 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |
