Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1919 - Communicable disease; immunization; mental and physical health; physician attestation; tuberculosis
Rule 19.
(1) An
applicant shall obtain a written statement, signed by a licensed physician or
his or her designee within 1 year before issuance of the initial license, that
attests to the applicants mental and physical health. The attestation must be
renewed at the time of subsequent license renewals.
(2) A licensee shall obtain from a child care
staff member and a child care assistant a written statement, signed by a
licensed physician or his or her designee within 1 year prior to caring for
children, that attests to the child care staff members or child care assistants
mental and physical health. The attestation must be renewed at the time of
subsequent renewals of the child care homes license.
(3) An applicant, licensee, child care staff
member, child care assistant, and a member of the household who is age 14 or
older shall provide written evidence of freedom from communicable tuberculosis
(TB) prior to caring for children or living in the child care home.
(4) An individual who lives in a child care
home or who cares for children in a child care home, who has a suspected or
confirmed case of a communicable disease, shall not come into contact with
children in the homes care. Communicable disease includes, but is not limited
to, any of the following:
(a)
Tuberculosis.
(b)
Influenza.
(c) Measles.
(d) Whooping cough.
(e) Strep throat.
(f) Scarlet fever.
(g) Chicken pox.
(5) If immunizations, as recommended by the
state department of health and human services, have not been given or completed
for all minors who live in the child care home, then the licensee shall inform
the parent of each child in care at the home and all personnel.
(6) The documents required in this rule must
be retained by the licensee for a minimum of 4 years from the date the
individual no longer resides in or cares for children in the child care
home.
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