(a) Hospitals shall be responsible for compliance with this part as well as State Board of Health Rules for Hospitals and Related Institutions in Arkansas, 20 CAR pt. 41.
(b)
(1)
(A) Each healthcare worker (hospital employee, health worker, medical staff member (physician), etc.) who has contact with hospital patients shall receive baseline tuberculosis screening and tuberculosis prevention information.
(B) See 20 CAR § 103-101, Definitions.
(2) No annual follow-up testing requirements are necessary.
(3) However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines must be followed on symptom screenings and tuberculosis education.
(c) Each hospital shall adopt and enforce a policy that ensures that tuberculosis symptom screening and tuberculosis prevention (see 20 CAR § 103-101, Definitions) is conducted for all employees, health workers, and medical staff (physicians) who have contact with patients.