10A NCAC 09 .0701. HEALTH STANDARDS FOR STAFF

(a)  All personnel, employed by a child care center, including the director, shall have on file within 60 days of the date of employment, a statement signed by a health care professional that indicates that the person is emotionally and physically fit to care for children.  When submitted the medical statement shall not be older than 12 months.

(b)  The Division, or the director of the child care center, may request another evaluation of an employee's emotional and physical fitness to care for children when there is reason to believe that there has been deterioration in the person's emotional or physical fitness to care for children.

(c)  A test showing each employee, including the director, to be free of active tuberculosis is required prior to employment.  The results indicating the individual is free of active tuberculosis shall be obtained within the 12 months prior to the date of employment.

(d)  Each employee, including the director, shall also annually submit a medical statement from a health care professional, or must complete a health questionnaire giving information about the status of his/her health on a form provided by the Division.

(e)  Staff medical statements, proof of a tuberculosis test, and completed health questionnaires shall be included in the employee's individual personnel file in the center.

(f)  Emergency medical care information shall be on file for each individual staff person.  That information shall include the name, address, and telephone number of the person to be contacted in case of an emergency, the responsible party's choice of health care professional, and preferred hospital; any chronic illness the individual has and any medication taken for that illness; and any other information that has a direct bearing on assuring safe medical treatment for the individual. This emergency medical care information shall be on file in the center on the staff person's first day of employment and shall be updated as changes occur and at least annually.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 110-85; 110-91(1),(8),(9); 143B-168.3;

Eff. January 1, 1986;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2010; July 1, 1998.