Do not repeat testing unless there are new risk factors since the last negative test.
The law requires that a health care provider administer this questionnaire.
California law requires that school staff working with children and community college students be free of infectious tuberculosis (TB).
California law requires that school staff working with children and community college students be free of infectious tuberculosis (TB). These updated laws reflect current recommendations for targeted TB testing from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the California Conference of Local Health Officers and the California Tuberculosis Controllers Association (CTCA).
What specifically did AB 1667 change on January 1, 2015?
Replaces the mandated TB examination on initial employment with a TB risk assessment, and TB testing based on the results of the TB risk assessment, for the following groups:
Persons initially employed by a school district, or employed under contract, in a certificated or classified position (California Education Code, Section 49406)
Persons initially employed, or employed under contract, by a private or parochial elementary or secondary school or any nursery school (California Health and Safety Code, Sections 121525 and 121555)
Persons providing for the transportation of pupils under authorized contract (California Health and Safety Code, Section 121525)
