N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43J-15.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43J-15.5 - Employee health history and examinations

(a) The facility shall require all new employees to complete a health history and to receive an examination performed by a physician or an advanced practice nurse within two weeks prior to the first day of employment or upon employment.

1. The examination may be deferred for up to 30 days if the nursing director performs a nursing assessment on the new employee upon employment.

(b) The facility shall establish criteria for determining the content and frequency of physical examinations for employees.

(c) The facility shall develop policies that specify the circumstances under which other persons providing direct child-care services shall receive physical examinations and Mantoux testing.

(d) The facility shall develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that all volunteers and students who have contact with children on a routine basis provide documentation that they have received, at a minimum, a Mantoux tuberculin skin test and either a physical examination or a certification of health status from a physician.

(e) The facility shall offer yearly influenza immunization to employees at no charge to the employees.

1. Facilities shall obtain signed declination forms from employees who decline the influenza immunization and shall retain the forms in the employees' records.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43J-15.5