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RULE §1.702 Vaccine Preventable Diseases Policy


Published: 2015

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(a) Each health care facility shall develop, implement,
and enforce a policy and procedures to protect its patients from vaccine
preventable diseases.
(b) The policy must:
  (1) require covered individuals to receive vaccines
for the vaccine preventable diseases specified by the facility based
on the level of risk the individual presents to patients by the individual's
routine and direct exposure to patients;
  (2) specify the vaccines a covered individual is required
to receive based on the level of risk the individual presents to patients
by the individual's routine and direct exposure to patients;
  (3) include procedures for verifying whether a covered
individual has complied with the policy;
  (4) include procedures for a covered individual to
be exempt from the required vaccines for the medical conditions identified
as contraindications or precautions by the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention;
  (5) for a covered individual who is exempt from the
required vaccines, include procedures the individual must follow to
protect facility patients from exposure to disease, such as the use
of protective medical equipment, such as gloves and masks, based on
the level of risk the individual presents to patients by the individual's
routine and direct exposure to patients;
  (6) prohibit discrimination or retaliatory action against
a covered individual who is exempt from the required vaccines for
the medical conditions identified as contraindications or precautions
by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, except
that required use of protective medical equipment, such as gloves
and masks, may not be considered retaliatory action for purposes of
this section;
  (7) require the health care facility to maintain a
written or electronic record of each covered individual's compliance
with or exemption from the policy; and
  (8) include disciplinary actions the health care facility
is authorized to take against a covered individual who fails to comply
with the policy.
(c) The policy may include procedures for a covered
individual to be exempt from the required vaccines based on reasons
of conscience, including a religious belief.


Source Note: The provisions of this §1.1702 adopted to be effective October 21, 2012, 37 TexReg 8199