California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 3.5 - Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers › Article 4 - General Requirements › Section 784.12 - Employees' Health Examination and Health Records

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) All
				  employees working in the mental health rehabilitation center, including the
				  licensee, shall have a health examination within 90 days prior to employment, or
				  within seven (7) days after employment, and at least annually thereafter by a person
				  lawfully authorized to perform such a procedure. Each such examination shall include
				  a medical history and physical evaluation. The report signed by the examiner shall
				  indicate that the person is sufficiently free of disease to perform assigned duties
				  and does not have any health condition that would create a hazard for self, fellow
				  employees, clients, or visitors.
(b) The
				  initial health examination and subsequent annual examination shall include a
				  screening for tuberculosis. The procedure shall conform with the State Department of
				  Health Services' public health tuberculosis screening standards and requirements for
				  employees of health facilities. Satisfactory written evidence of a tuberculosis
				  screening within 90 days prior to employment shall be considered as meeting the
				  intent of this section.
(c) The mental
				  health rehabilitation center shall maintain a health record of the mental health
				  rehabilitation center director and for each employee which includes reports of all
				  employment-related health examinations. Such records shall be kept for a minimum of
				  three years following termination of employment.
1. New section
					 filed 8-21-95 as an emergency; operative 8-21-95 (Register 95, No. 34). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-17-95 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2.
					 New section refiled 2-9-96 as an emergency; operative 2-9-96 (Register 96, No. 6). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-8-96 or emergency language
					 will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section
					 refiled 6-10-96 as an emergency; operative 6-10-96 (Register 96, No. 24). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-8-96 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4.
					 New section refiled 10-8-96 as an emergency; operative 10-8-96 (Register 96, No.
					 41). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-5-97 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5.
					 Certificate of Compliance as to 10-8-96 order transmitted to OAL 2-5-97; disapproved
					 by OAL and order of repeal as to 10-8-96 order filed on 3-21-97 (Register 97, No.
					 12).
6. New section filed 3-21-97 as an emergency; operative 3-21-97
					 (Register 97, No. 12). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
					 7-21-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-21-97 order, including
					 renumbering of former section
					 784.12 to new section
					 784.26, and renumbering and amendment of
					 former section 784.20 to new section
					 784.12, transmitted to OAL 7-21-97 and
					 filed 8-21-97 (Register 97, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						5675
						and
						5768,
						Welfare and Institutions Code; Section
						3 of Chapter 678 of the Statutes of
						1994. Reference: Sections
						5675
						and
						5768,
						Welfare and Institutions Code.