Section R. 400.1919 - Communicable disease; immunization; mental and physical health; physician attestation; tuberculosisRule 19.
(1) An applicant shall obtain a written statement, signed by a licensed physician or his or her designee within 1 year before issuance of the initial license, that attests to the applicants mental and physical health. The attestation must be renewed at the time of subsequent license renewals.(2) A licensee shall obtain from a child care staff member and a child care assistant a written statement, signed by a licensed physician or his or her designee within 1 year prior to caring for children, that attests to the child care staff members or child care assistants mental and physical health. The attestation must be renewed at the time of subsequent renewals of the child care homes license.(3) An applicant, licensee, child care staff member, child care assistant, and a member of the household who is age 14 or older shall provide written evidence of freedom from communicable tuberculosis (TB) prior to caring for children or living in the child care home.(4) An individual who lives in a child care home or who cares for children in a child care home, who has a suspected or confirmed case of a communicable disease, shall not come into contact with children in the homes care. Communicable disease includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: (5) If immunizations, as recommended by the state department of health and human services, have not been given or completed for all minors who live in the child care home, then the licensee shall inform the parent of each child in care at the home and all personnel.(6) The documents required in this rule must be retained by the licensee for a minimum of 4 years from the date the individual no longer resides in or cares for children in the child care home.Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1919
2005 AACS; 2020 MR 23, Eff. 12/13/2019