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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 7. Health and Social Services. |
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Part 7.1. Administration. |
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Chapter 7.12. Facilities and Local Units. |
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Article 7.12.4. Specialized Hospitals. |
Section 7.12.340. Employee health.
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(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a hospice agency shall have an employee health program that requires each employee to be tested for pulmonary tuberculosis within the first two weeks of initial employment and annually thereafter. The agency shall require contractors or volunteers performing patient care or services for the agency to have similar standards in place. (b) An employee who has never had a positive tuberculin skin test result must have a tuberculin Mantoux skin test. A further annual tuberculin testing is not necessary if the (1) test is negative; (2) employee is never required to be in a room where a client might be present; and (3) employee does not handle clinical specimens from a client or other material from a client's room.
Authorities
47.32.010;47.32.030