{"ref":"PA-HC-HR-05","title":"Health Screening and Tuberculosis","category":"Human resources","summary":"Requires every direct care worker, and every office staff member or contractor with direct consumer contact, to provide documentation, dated not more than one year before the start date, from a health care professional that they were screened under CDC guidelines and are free from active tuberculosis and communicable disease, and to update it at least every 12 months from the last evaluation.","inShort":["Before you visit any consumer, bring us a signed health screening that shows you are free from active tuberculosis and communicable disease.","The screening must be dated within one year before your start date.","Get your screening updated every 12 months. If it runs out, you cannot visit consumers until it is updated.","If you have a long cough, night sweats, fever, or weight loss, call your supervisor before your next visit."],"primaryCitation":"28 Pa. Code §611.56","citations":["28 Pa. Code §611.56","35 P.S. §448.806(d.1)(5)","28 Pa. Code §611.51(b)"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the tuberculosis screening for this worker. Is it dated within one year before the start date?","When was this worker’s last annual update, and when is the next one due?"],"forms":[{"ref":"PA-HC-HR-05-A","title":"Health Screening and Tuberculosis Documentation Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (28 Pa. Code §611.56)","5. Before First Consumer Contact","6. Annual Update","7. Symptoms or Exposure","8. Responsibilities","9. Records and Compliance Monitoring","10. Staff Training","11. References","12. Related Policies and Forms","13. Approval","14. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"pa-hca","state":"Pennsylvania","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}