NAC449.98457. Mandatory training and evaluation of employees and other persons.

     1. Each employee of an ambulatory surgical center and each person under contract with an ambulatory surgical center who works at the center and has exposure to patients at the center shall receive training and be evaluated by supervising staff on his or her knowledge and skills concerning the program for the prevention and control of infections and communicable diseases within the first 10 days of employment and at least every 12 months thereafter.

     2. An employee or person under contract with the ambulatory surgical center may be required to receive the training and evaluation described in subsection 1 more often than every 12 months if his or her supervisor determines that such training and evaluations are necessary to ensure that the employee or person understands and will follow the policies and procedures of the program for the prevention and control of infections and communicable diseases.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R096-08, 8-26-2008, eff. 10-25-2008)