| (a) Each facility having a capacity of 100 or more
beds, or housing inmates transferred from a facility with a capacity
of at least 100 beds or housing inmates from another state, shall
develop and implement a plan for tuberculosis screening tests of employees,
volunteers, and inmates. Inmates confined in the jail for more than
7 days shall be tested on or before the 7th day after the day of confinement.
Inmates may be exempt from the screening test when the test conflicts
with the tenets of an organized religion to which the individual belongs
or when the test is contraindicated based on an examination by a physician.
An inmate is not required to be retested at each rebooking if the
inmate is booked into the facility more than once during a 12-month
period, unless the inmate shows symptoms of or is known to have been
exposed to tuberculosis.
(b) The tuberculosis screening plan shall be developed
and implemented in accordance with 25 TAC §§97.171 - 97.180
(relating to Communicable Diseases) and the Texas Health and Safety
Code, §§89.001 - 89.102 and shall be approved by the appropriate
branch of the Department of State Health Services prior to use. The
plan shall be made available to the Commission upon request. A copy
of an inmate's medical records or documentation of screenings or treatment
received during confinement shall accompany an inmate transferred
from one correctional facility to another or to TDCJ-ID and be available
for medical review upon arrival of the inmate.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §273.7 adopted to be effective June 25, 2000, 25 TexReg 5917; amended to be effective May 3, 2009, 34 TexReg 2680; amended to be effective December 22, 2020, 45 TexReg 9231 |
