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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 13A.17.06.04" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="06" heading="Staff Health.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Medical Evaluation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An operator shall obtain a medical evaluation, conducted by a practicing physician, certified nurse practitioner, or registered physician’s assistant, on a form supplied or approved by the office, that has been completed within 6 months before the individual begins work in the center, from each prospective:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Staff member; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Except for a health care professional serving as a consultant pursuant to Regulation .06C of this chapter, support staff who will be present at the facility while children are in care.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The medical evaluation shall be signed by the individual who conducted the evaluation or the individual’s designee and include verification that the staff member:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is free of communicable tuberculosis, if indicated; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has the capability to perform the duties of the staff member’s position.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The medical evaluation may transfer directly from one nursery school or child care program to another when the evaluation was completed within the previous 24 months of the transfer.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The medical evaluation shall be updated every 5 years, measured from the individual’s previous medical evaluation date.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Exclusion from Work. Except with the approval of the office and the health officer, an operator may not permit an individual with a serious transmissible infection or communicable disease listed in the Communicable Diseases Summary, as published by the Maryland Department of Health, to work at a nursery school or child care program during the period of exclusion from child care shown by the Summary.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>