N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-7.7
Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025
Section 3A:55-7.7 - Health requirements for staff(a) Before working for a facility each staff member who comes in contact with the children for the equivalent of eight hours a week or more shall submit a written statement from a licensed physician indicating that he or she is in good health and poses no health risk to persons at the facility. Such statement shall be based on a medical examination conducted within the six months immediately preceding such person's association with the facility.(b) Prior to or upon beginning work or having contact with the children for the equivalent of at least eight hours a week at the facility, each staff member shall take a Mantoux tuberculin skin test with five TU (tuberculin units) of PPD tuberculin. If the staff member has had a previous positive Mantoux tuberculin skin test the staff member shall have a chest x-ray taken in lieu of the Mantoux tuberculin skin test. The staff member shall submit to the facility written documentation of the results of the test or x-ray. 1. If the Mantoux tuberculin skin test result is insignificant (zero to nine millimeters (mm) of induration), no further testing shall be required. The Office of Licensing or facility may, at any time, require a staff member to retake the Mantoux tuberculin skin test, if there is a reason to believe or suspect that the staff member may have contracted tuberculosis or if the State Department of Health recommends retesting.2. If the Mantoux tuberculin skin test result is significant (10 or more mm of induration), the individual shall have a chest x-ray taken. If the chest x-ray shows positive results, the facility shall require that the staff member obtain a written statement from a physician certifying that he or she poses no threat of tuberculosis contagion before allowing the staff member to come in contact with the children. The facility shall ensure that the staff member adheres to the recommended follow-up testing, if any, by the physician.3. The facility shall prohibit any staff member who fails to submit satisfactory results from having contact with the children at the facility.(c) The facility shall maintain on file the results of each staff member's:1. Mantoux tuberculin skin test or chest x-ray when indicated; and(d) The facility shall exclude a staff member who appears to be physically, emotionally or mentally impaired or who appears to have a drug-induced or alcohol-induced condition that would endanger the health, safety and well-being of the children or other staff members. The facility shall document the action taken to exclude the staff member and maintain such documentation in the staff member's personnel record. The facility shall not permit the staff member to reassume duties until the condition is no longer present as specified in 3A:55-5.1(a).N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-7.7
Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a.Amended by 50 N.J.R. 285(a), effective 1/16/2018