Section 25-D400. DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITION - RESPONSIBILITY OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND ANCILLARY EMPLOYEES TO REPORT SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS*

 

400.1     The licensee shall require massage therapists and ancillary employees to report to their managers, in accordance with this section, if diagnosed by a medical professional of:

 

(a)Having a communicable disease;

 

(b)Are in a carrier state of a communicable disease;

 

(c)Having a boil or other infected wound;

 

(d)Has an acute respiratory infection; or

 

(e) Has a Staphylococcus aureus (or "staph") bacterial infection.

 

400.3A massage therapist and ancillary employee shall report to his or her manager when he or she has any of the following symptoms:

 

(a)Vomiting;

 

(b)Diarrhea;

 

(c)Sore throat with fever; or

 

(d)A lesion containing pus, such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and is:

(1)On the hands or wrists, unless an impermeable cover such as a finger cot or stall protects the lesion and a single-use glove is worn over the impermeable cover;

 

(2)On exposed portions of the arms, unless the lesion is protected by an impermeable cover; or

 

(3)On other parts of the body, unless the lesion is covered by a dry, durable, tight-fitting bandage.

 

authority

Section 4902 of the Department of Health Functions Clarification Act of 2001 (“Act”) (effective October 3, 2001), D.C. Law 14-28, D.C. Official Code § 7-731(a)(12) (2008 Repl.), and the Mayor’s Order 2006-10 dated January 27, 2006

source

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 7975 (October 9, 2009)