<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.s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0 { 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.s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38b000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000003 { 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="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:04:06"><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000000">44:73:04:06</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001">.  </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001">Personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001"> health program.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> The facility </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">shall</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> have </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">a personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> health program for the protection of the residents. </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">Before assignment to duties or within fourteen days after employment, a licensed health professional must evaluate a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">ll personnel </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">to ensure no personnel is infected with any</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> reportable communicable disease </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> poses a threat to others</span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">The evaluation must include </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">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. Personnel absent from duty because of a reportable communicable disease </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> may endanger the health of residents, and fellow </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> may not return to duty until </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">the personnel is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> determined by a physician</span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> physician's designee, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist to no longer have the disease in a communicable stage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">    </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 4 SDR 14, effective September 14, 1977; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 24 SDR 90, effective January 4, 1998; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:04:06"><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000003">44:04:04:06</span></a><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">    </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">    </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">    </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> </span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">Definitions and r</span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">eportable diseases</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> and conditions</span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">, ch</span><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">apter</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:20:01"><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0-000003">44:20:01</span></a><span class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6055747e-143a-47d0-801b-eb9136c3d38b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>