NAC449.999447. Mandatory training and evaluation of employees and other persons.

     1. Each employee of an outpatient facility and each person under contract with an outpatient facility who works at the facility and has exposure to patients at the facility shall receive training and must be evaluated by supervising staff on the employee’s or contractor’s 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 outpatient facility may be required to receive the training and evaluation described in subsection 1 more often than every 12 months if a supervisor determines that such training and evaluations are necessary to ensure that the employee or contractor 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 R179-09, eff. 7-22-2010)