Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-291 - (a) Health care policies
(1) Each facility,
in consultation with a physician or community health nurse, and using the
Kansas department of health and environment health care guidelines as a
resource, shall develop written health care guidelines covering the following
areas:
(A) Care of minor illness, including
the use of nonprescription drugs;
(B) care of juveniles under the influence of
alcohol and drugs; and
(C)
consultation regarding individual juveniles when indicated.
(2) Each attendant caring for
juveniles shall have first aid training.
(b)
Health care of juveniles.
(1) A health
checklist provided by the Kansas department of health and environment shall
serve as guide to determine if a juvenile is in need of medical care.
(2) A physician shall be contacted
for any juvenile taking a prescribed medication to prevent interruption of
treatment.
(C) A physician shall be contacted
for a juvenile who has acute symptoms of illness or who has a chronic illness.
Reportable communicable diseases shall be reported immediately to the county
health officer.
(c) Health of attendants.
(1) Each attendant shall be free of
communicable disease and shall be in such a state of health and freedom from
physical or emotional handicaps as is necessary to work with children.
(2) Each attendant shall present
written proof of freedom from active tuberculosis before serving in the
facility.
Notes
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