<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:70:04:05"><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000000">44:70:04:05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001">Personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001"> health program.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> The facility shall have </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">a personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> health program for the protection of the residents. All personnel </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> be evaluated by a licensed health professional for a reportable communicable disease that poses a threat to others before assignment to duties or within </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">fourteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> days after employment including an assessment of previous vaccinations and tuberculin skin tests. The facility may not allow anyone with a communicable disease, during the period of communicability, to work in a capacity that would allow spread of the disease. Any personnel absent from duty because of a reportable communicable disease that may endanger the health of residents and fellow </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> may not return to duty until they are determined by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, or designee</span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> to no longer have the disease in a communicable state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">    </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012</span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">; 50 SDR 19, effective August 30, 2023</span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">    </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">(1)(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">    </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">    </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0"> </span><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">Definitions and r</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">eportable diseases and conditions, ch </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:20:01"><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0-000003">44:20:01</span></a><span class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s95850ec2-f6ae-48ae-93e8-ec2b637f4743000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>