26 Tex. Admin. Code § 350.107 - Health Standards for Early Childhood Intervention Services
(a) The subrecipient must implement written
policies and procedures that cover the following areas:
(1) administration of medication, if
applicable;
(2) infectious disease
prevention and management, including:
(A)
adherence to universal precautions as defined by the Centers for Disease
Control of the United States Public Health Service;
(B) compliance with the Texas Communicable
Disease Prevention and Control Act, Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 81;
and
(C) immunization guidelines as
specified by the Texas Department of State Health
Services.
(b)
The subrecipient must follow all federal and state laws and regulations
regarding providing services and maintaining records for families and children
with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or other communicable diseases.
(c) The subrecipient must not refuse to
provide ECI services to a child based solely on the family's refusal or failure
to obtain a vaccine or immunization for a particular infectious or communicable
disease. The subrecipient is not in violation of this rule if the subrecipient
adopts a policy requiring children receiving group services to be vaccinated or
immunized against a particular infection or communicable disease if the policy
provides an exemption from each required vaccination or immunization based on:
(1) a reason of conscience, including a
sincerely held religious belief, observance, or practice, that is incompatible
with the administration of the vaccination or immunization; or
(2) a recognized medical condition for which
the vaccination or immunization is contraindicated.
(d) The subrecipient must accept oral or
written requests for an exemption.
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