Tuberculosis (TB) Testing. In the event that the services required under this Agreement will be performed within a CDCR institution/parole office/community-based program, Contractors and their employees who are assigned to work with, near, or around inmates/parolees shall be required to be examined and tested or medically evaluated by a licensed healthcare provider for TB in an infectious or contagious stage prior to the performance of contracted duties, and at least once a year thereafter (within 12 months of their initial or previous TB test under this contract), or more often as directed by CDCR. Contractors and their employees who have any contact (physical or nonphysical) with inmates/parolees, shall be required to furnish to the CDCR Program/Institution Contract Manager, at no cost to CDCR, a documented Tuberculosis (TB) evaluation/test for TB infection (Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) or a blood test Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) completed within (30) thirty days of the start date of the services and be certified to be free of TB in an infectious or contagious stage by a licensed healthcare provider prior to assuming their contracted duties and annually thereafter.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Master Agreement, Standard Agreement
