[1971 Code § BH17-1]
No person who is affected with any disease in a communicable
form or is a carrier of such disease shall work in any nursing home.
No nursing home shall employ any such person or any person suspected
of being affected with any disease in a communicable form or of being
a carrier of such disease. If the administrator reasonably believes
that any employee has contracted any disease in a communicable form
or has become a carrier of such a disease, he shall exclude the employee
from the nursing home and notify the local Health Officer immediately.
a.
The Health Officer who has reason to believe that a person is ill
or infected with a communicable disease may order such person to submit
to a medical examination and, if necessary, furnish specimens for
examination in a laboratory approved by the State Department of Health.
b.
Persons who at any time have had typhoid or paratyphoid fever shall
not be employed in a nursing home until it has been definitely determined
by appropriate tests that such persons are not typhoid or paratyphoid
carriers.
[1971 Code § BH17-1]
A separate personnel record shall be kept current on each employee
and maintained for one year after discharge. It shall include the
following essential information and be available for use by the Health
Officer.
a.
Name and address of employee.
b.
Social security number.
c.
Date of birth.
d.
Date of employment.
e.
Name and address of nearest kin.
f.
Job description.
g.
Hours of work.
h.
Date of last physical examination and name of doctor.
i.
Date of discharge or resignation.
j.
Reason for discharge or resignation.
k.
Date of last tuberculin test and result.
l.
Date of last chest x-ray and reading.
[1971 Code § BH17-2.1]
No person who is affected with any disease in a communicable
form or is a carrier of such disease shall be a patient in any nursing
home, and no nursing home shall have as a patient any such persons
or persons suspected of being affected with any disease in a communicable
form or of being a carrier of such disease. If the administrator suspects
that any patient has contracted any disease in a communicable form
or has become a carrier of such disease he shall notify the Health
Officer immediately.
[1971 Code § BH17-2.2]
Every patient shall have a physical examination by a licensed
physician, including a chest x-ray, within 60 days prior to being
admitted. The physician shall complete the history and physical examination
record and certify in writing that the patient has been examined and
is free of communicable disease. It shall be the duty of the administrator
to maintain this information in the patient's record and make
this information available upon request of the Health Officer.
[1971 Code § BH17-3; New]
Any violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable by a penalty as stated in Chapter BH1.
Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall be deemed
a separate and distinct offense.
