Common use of Tuberculosis (TB) Testing Clause in Contracts

Tuberculosis (TB) Testing. In the event that the services required under this Contract may be performed within a CCHCS institution, office or community-based program, Contractors and their employees who are assigned to work with, near, or around patient-inmates shall be required to be examined and tested or medically evaluated by a licensed healthcare provider for Tuberculosis (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 CCHCS. Contractors and their employees who may have any contact (physical or nonphysical) with patient-inmates, shall be required to furnish to the CCHCS Program/Institution Contract Manager, at no cost to CCHCS, a documented TB evaluation/test for TB infection (Tuberculin Skin Test or a blood test Interferon Gamma Release Assay) that has been completed within the (30) thirty days prior to the commencement of each employee’s duties associated with the Contract. Each evaluation/test must certify that each Contractor and/or employee is free of TB in an infectious or contagious stage by a licensed healthcare provider prior to assuming their contracted duties. The Contractor is required to provide updated evaluation certificate(s) for each applicable employee annually thereafter for the duration of the Contract.