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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 550LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER CGENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION 1OPERATIONS AND SAFETY PROVISIONS
RULE §550.211Infection Prevention and Control Program and Vaccinations Requirements

    (B) prohibit an employee, volunteer, or contractor providing direct care who is exempt from the required vaccines from having contact with minors during a public health disaster.

(k) The center must adopt and enforce written policies and procedures to identify employees, volunteers, or contractors at risk of directly contacting blood or potentially infectious materials in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 1910.1030 and Appendix A relating to Bloodborne Pathogens.

(l) A center must ensure that its employees, volunteers, and contractors comply with:

  (1) the center's IPCP;

  (2) the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act, THSC Chapter 81; and

  (3) THSC Chapter 85, Subchapter I, concerning the prevention of the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus.


Source Note: The provisions of this §550.211 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875

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