§250.450. Personnel Health Requirements

a)         Each hospital shall establish an employee health program that includes the following:

 

1)         An assessment of the employee's health and immunization status at the time of employment;

 

2)         Policies regarding required immunizations; and

 

3)         Policies and procedures for the periodic health assessment of all personnel.  These policies shall specify the content of the health assessment and the interval between assessments, and shall comply with the Control of Tuberculosis Code).

 

b)         Personnel absent from duty because of any communicable disease shall not return to duty until examined for freedom from any condition that might endanger the health of patients or employees.

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 13280, effective June 10, 2014)