Section DHS 131.24 - Employee health(1) DISEASE SURVEILLANCE. Agencies shall develop and implement written policies for control of communicable diseases which take into consideration control procedures incorporated by reference in ch. DHS 145 and which ensure that employees with symptoms or signs of communicable disease or infected skin lesions are not permitted to work unless authorized to do so by a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice nurse.(2) PHYSICAL HEALTH OF NEW EMPLOYEES. Each new employee, prior to having direct patient contact, shall be certified in writing by a physician, physician assistant or registered nurse as having been screened for tuberculosis, and clinically apparent communicable disease that may be transmitted to a patient during the normal employee's duties. The screening shall occur within 90 days prior to the employee having direct patient contact.(3) CONTINUING EMPLOYEES. Each employee having direct patient contact shall be screened for clinically apparent communicable disease by a physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse based on the likelihood of their exposure to a communicable disease, including tuberculosis. The exposure to a communicable disease may have occurred in the community or in another location.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 131.24
CR 10-034: cr. Register September 2010 No. 657, eff. 10-1-10.