2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities
Section 198.054 Influenza vaccination for employees, facilities to assist in obtaining.
Effective 14 Oct 2016, see footnote
*198.054. Influenza vaccination for employees, facilities to assist in obtaining. — Each year between October first and March first, all long-term care facilities licensed under this chapter shall assist their health care workers, volunteers, and other employees who have direct contact with residents in obtaining the vaccination for the influenza virus by either offering the vaccination in the facility or providing information as to how they may independently obtain the vaccination, unless contraindicated, in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and subject to availability of the vaccine. Facilities are encouraged to document that each health care worker, volunteer, and employee has been offered assistance in receiving a vaccination against the influenza virus and has either accepted or declined.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 608)
*Effective 10-14-16, see § 21.250. S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
