NAC640C.360. Communicable diseases.


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  •      1. A massage therapist shall have sufficient knowledge of communicable diseases to protect the clients of the massage therapist and the massage therapist from the transmission of such a disease while engaging in massage therapy.

         2. If a massage therapist has reason to suspect that an employee who assists the massage therapist with massage therapy or a client of the massage therapist may have a communicable disease, the massage therapist shall:

         (a) Recommend to the client that the client be examined by a licensed health care provider.

         (b) Request that the employee be examined by a licensed health care provider.

         3. An employee who has been requested to be examined by a health care provider pursuant to subsection 2 must present a written statement from a licensed health care provider verifying that the employee is in compliance with the guidelines for prevention, suppression and control of communicable diseases set forth in chapter 441A of NAC before the employee may resume employment with the massage therapist.

         4. A massage therapist and any person who works in a massage establishment and who is exposed as part of his or her employment to any bloodborne pathogens or bodily fluids shall practice universal precautions as described in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1030(d).

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Massage Therapists by R009-07, eff. 6-17-2008)