26 Tex. Admin. Code § 746.3611 - What must a policy for protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases include?
A policy for protecting the children in your care from vaccine-preventable diseases must:
(1)
Specify any vaccines that you have determined an employee must have for
vaccine-preventable diseases based on the level of risk the employee presents
to children by the employee's routine and direct exposure to
children;
(2) Require each employee
to receive each specified vaccine that the employee is not exempt from
having;
(3) Include procedures for
verifying whether an employee has complied with your policy;
(4) Include procedures for an employee to be
exempt from having a required vaccine because of:
(A) Medical conditions identified as
contraindications or precautions by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC); or
(B) Reasons of
conscience, including a religious belief;
(5) Include procedures that an exempt
employee must follow to protect children in your care from exposure to disease,
such as the use of protective medical equipment, including gloves and masks,
based on the level of risk the employee presents to children by the employee's
routine and direct exposure to children;
(6) Prohibit discrimination or retaliatory
action against an exempt employee, except that required use of protective
medical equipment, including gloves and masks, may not be considered
retaliatory action for purposes of this section;
(7) Outline how you will maintain a written
or electronic record of each employee's compliance with or exemption from your
policy; and
(8) State the
disciplinary actions you may take against an employee who fails to comply with
your policy.
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