Section 424.167 - Initial licensing: Test for active tuberculosis1. A person who applies for an initial license to operate a foster home must provide to the licensing authority written evidence, on a form provided by the licensing authority, that he and each member of his household who is 18 years of age or older, other than a resident who remains under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B.594 is free from active tuberculosis. The evidence must be in the form of a report which states that the person, including a person who has received a bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination, is free from active tuberculosis and has submitted to a: (a) Mantoux tuberculin skin test; or(b) Chest radiograph and examination by a provider of health care who is authorized to diagnose active tuberculosis, within the 24 months immediately preceding the date of filing of the application for a license to operate a foster home. 2. If a license to operate a foster home is issued to the person applying for the license, the licensee shall ensure that each member of the staff of the foster home provides the written evidence set forth in subsection 1 to the licensing authority, except that such a may comply with the provisions of subsection 1 before beginning employment or volunteer work at the foster home in lieu of complying within the 24 months immediately preceding the date of filing of the application for a license to operate a foster home.3. Each person who is required to submit to a skin test or chest radiograph and examination pursuant to this section and who remains as a member of the household or staff of the foster home shall submit to: (a) A Mantoux tuberculin skin test; or(b) An examination by a provider of health care who is authorized to diagnose active tuberculosis, at least once every 24 months after the date the skin test or chest radiograph and examination were conducted pursuant to subsection 1 or 2. Nev. Admin. Code § 424.167
Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R044-02, eff. 7-23-2002; A by R110-13, eff. 6/23/2014