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Personnel Records, Employee Health Screening, and Fitness for Duty

Lists what every personnel record must contain, keeps records available to DC Health within 24 hours, screens every employee for communicable disease before hire and every year, and keeps anyone impaired or with a communicable disease that poses a confirmed risk away from patients.

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About this policy
Policy number
DC-HH-HR-02
Version
1.0
Main rule
22-B DCMR §3907.2
Library
Washington, DC home health · 58 policies
Category
Human resources
Sections
20

In short

  • Before you start, you must show you were screened and free of communicable disease within the last six months.
  • You must be screened again every year. If your health clearance expires, you cannot work until it is renewed.
  • If you are sick with fever, vomiting, diarrhea, a rash, or a cough that could spread, call your supervisor before your visit.
  • Never work under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Tell your supervisor if a medicine could affect your work.
  • You may ask to see your own personnel file.

What's inside

20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (22-B DCMR §3907.2 to §3907.8)
  • 5. What Every Personnel Record Contains
  • 6. Where Records Are Kept and Who May See Them
  • 7. Health Screening Before Hire
  • 8. Annual Screening
  • 9. Fitness for Duty
  • 9.1 Communicable disease
  • 9.2 Alcohol and drugs
  • 10. How Long Records Are Kept
  • 11. Responsibilities
  • 12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 13. Staff Training
  • 14. References
  • 15. Related Policies and Forms
  • 16. Approval
  • 17. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me the personnel file for this aide. Where is the evidence of the communicable disease screening before hire?
  • When was this employee last screened for communicable disease, and who certified the result?

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