Unless the person meets the requirement for having no skin testing or only one test, the nursing home, choosing to do skin testing, must ensure that each person has the following two-step skin testing:
(1) An initial skin test within three days of employment; and
(2) A second test done one to three weeks after the first test.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
18.51 and
74.42 RCW. WSR 10-02-021, § 388-97-1480, filed 12/29/09, effective 1/29/10. Statutory Authority: Chapters
18.51 and
74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-1480, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.]