Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-108 - Personnel qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each individual
			 working or volunteering in a juvenile crisis intervention center shall be
			 qualified by the temperament, emotional maturity, judgment, and understanding
			 of children necessary to maintain the health, comfort, safety, and welfare of
			 the juveniles in placement.
(b)
			 Each staff member performing the duties of more than one position shall meet
			 the minimum qualifications for each position held.
(c) Before employment, the following
			 requirements shall be met:
(1) Each staff
			 member and each volunteer who has contact with any resident shall provide a
			 statement on a form provided by the department from an authorized medical
			 practitioner stating that no physical or mental impairment prevents the
			 individual from providing care for children or would otherwise represent a
			 direct threat to the health, safety, or welfare of others.
(2) Each staff member and each volunteer
			 involved in food preparation or service who will not have contact with any
			 resident shall provide a statement on a form provided by the department from an
			 authorized medical practitioner stating that no physical or mental impairment
			 prevents the individual from preparing or serving food or would otherwise
			 represent a direct threat to the health, safety, or welfare of
			 others.
(3) Each staff member who
			 requires accommodation of a physical or mental impairment to enable the staff
			 member to perform that individual's duties without representing a direct threat
			 to the health, safety, or welfare of others shall provide a statement on a form
			 furnished by the department from an authorized medical practitioner stating
			 that the accommodation specified is sufficient to enable the staff member to
			 perform that individual's duties without representing a direct threat to the
			 health, safety, or welfare of others.
(4) Each staff member and each volunteer
			 shall provide a record of a tuberculosis test or X-ray obtained not more than
			 two years before employment. If there is a positive tuberculosis test or a
			 history of a previous positive tuberculosis test, a chest X-ray shall be
			 required unless there is documentation of a normal chest X-ray within the last
			 12 months. Proof of recommended treatment, according to the Kansas department
			 of health and environment's tuberculosis prevention and control program's
			 direction, shall be required. Documentation of each tuberculosis test, X-ray,
			 and treatment results shall be kept confidentially and separate from personnel
			 records.
(A) Compliance with the Kansas
			 department of health and environment's tuberculosis prevention and control
			 program shall be required following each exposure to active tuberculosis
			 disease. The results of tuberculosis tests, X-rays, and treatment shall be kept
			 confidentially and separate from personnel records.
(B) Each volunteer shall present
			 documentation showing no active tuberculosis before serving in the
			 center.
(5) If the
			 permittee, the licensee, or the secretary has a reasonable belief, based on
			 objective evidence, that a staff member has a medical condition that will pose
			 a direct threat to the health, safety, or welfare of others, a medical
			 examination shall be requested to determine whether the staff member is fit to
			 perform that individual's job. The permittee or the licensee shall pay all
			 costs associated with the medical examination. The staff member shall not
			 continue to perform that individual's duties unless and until the staff member
			 provides a statement from an authorized medical practitioner on a form provided
			 by the department stating one of the following:
(A) No physical or mental impairment prevents
			 the individual from providing care for children or would otherwise represent a
			 direct threat to the health, safety, or welfare of others.
(B) A specified accommodation of a physical
			 or mental impairment is sufficient to enable the staff member to perform that
			 individual's duties without representing a direct threat to the health, safety,
			 or welfare of others.
(6)
			 Each permittee and each licensee shall keep all statements by an authorized
			 medical practitioner concerning any staff member in relation to that
			 individual's ability or inability to perform that individual's duties and shall
			 maintain these statements confidentially and separate from personnel
			 records.