SECTION 749.1417. Who must have a tuberculosis (TB) examination?

(a) All persons over the age of one year old must have a documented tuberculosis screening that was conducted as recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) within 30 days before or after beginning to live, work, or volunteer at your operation unless the person:

(1) Has lived, worked, or volunteered at a regulated residential child-care operation within the previous 12 months. For example, an employee beginning employment in a regulated residential child-care operation for the first time would need a baseline tuberculosis screening. Employment in a different residential child-care operation would not require a new screening, as long as documentation in paragraph (2) of this subsection is also provided. If the employee left employment in regulated residential child-care for more than 12 months and then returned, a new screening would be required; and

(2) Provides documentation of a tuberculosis screening.

(b) Documentation must consist of a copy of the results of the baseline tuberculosis screening or chest radiograph, which must be in the person's record at your operation within 40 days of the person beginning to live, work, or volunteer at your operation. Documentation of a copy of the results of treatment (if treatment is required) must also be maintained in the person's record. For a child in DFPS conservatorship, documentation in the child's health passport is sufficient.

(c) Except on the advice of a physician, no additional screening is required for a person who continues to live, work, and/or volunteer in a regulated residential child-care setting.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1417 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909