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Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICESArticle 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 465 IAC 2-12 - Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions Defined as Group Homes
Section 465 IAC 2-12-74 - Health requirements for staff members

465 Ind. Admin. Code 2-12-74

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Section 465 IAC 2-12-74 - Health requirements for staff members

Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.4

Sec. 74.

(a) Within thirty (30) days of employment, each staff member shall have a health examination which includes a Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray and any other test and immunization considered necessary by the licensed physician. If the Mantoux tuberculin test is positive, the chest x-ray is mandatory. The health examination may have been conducted within three (3) months prior to employment.
(b) The child caring institution shall require an annual Mantoux tuberculin test of all field work students, food service personnel, and employees having direct contact with children.
(c) Volunteers having direct contact with children shall meet the same health examination requirements as paid staff.
(d) The child caring institution shall not permit employees who become ill or who return to work following illness to work in a capacity which may transmit disease or be detrimental to the health of the children or other employees.
(e) Children of resident staff members who live with their parents at the child caring institution shall be subject to the following immunization requirements:
(1) The child caring institution shall ensure that each child has received all immunizations and booster shots which are required by the SBH.
(2) All children shall be immunized against routine childhood diseases unless exempted by a licensed physician's statement.
(3) A child may be exempted from immunizations against routine childhood diseases upon the good faith religious belief statement of the parent or guardian.

465 IAC 2-12-74

Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-12-74; filed Jun 27, 1991, 12:00 p.m.: 14 IR 2040; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Nov 27, 2007, 6:52 a.m.: 20071226-IR-465070551RFA; readopted filed November 26, 2013, 4:02 p.m.: 20131225-IR-465130459RFA
Readopted filed 10/10/2019, 10:42 a.m.: 20191106-IR-465190320RFA

Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-14-74) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-12-74) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.