Staff and Volunteer Health Screening and Work Restrictions
Sets the initial and annual health screening required in Georgia for the administrator and for staff and volunteers with direct patient or family contact, including tuberculosis surveillance and immunizations, who performs it, and when staff with potentially infectious conditions must not work.
About this policy
- Policy number
- GA-HSP-HR-05
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.13(5)
- Library
- Georgia hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 15
In short
- You need a health screening before your first patient contact and every year after that.
- The screening includes tuberculosis screening and a review of your vaccines.
- If you have a fever, vomiting, diarrhea, a rash or a draining wound, call your supervisor before going to any visit.
- If your annual screening is more than 30 days late, you cannot be scheduled with patients.
What's inside
15 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.13(5))
- 5. Initial Screening
- 6. Annual Screening
- 7. Work Restrictions
- 8. Confidentiality
- 9. Responsibilities
- 10. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 11. References
- 12. Related Policies and Forms
- 13. Approval
- 14. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the initial and annual health screening for the administrator, this nurse, this aide and this volunteer.
- Who performed the screening, and is that person a licensed health care professional?
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