CHS Employees
Employees must comply with the requirements of this policy within 30 days of their start date. Ideally, employees are in compliance within 10 days of their start date or before they begin patient care. The requirements of this policy will be shared with the employee by their supervisor and/or HRS during the application, interview, and hiring process and ensure that it is clearly communicated when an offer for employment is extended since it is a condition of employment.
CHS will provide the following vaccinations and testing without charge to all employees. If vaccinations are obtained at another site, they may not be covered by CHS. Employees should provide their health records containing documentation of vaccines to the Administrative Manager at their soonest ability after acceptance of employment. If the health records satisfactorily establish an employee is up to date with all vaccination and health screening requirements and employee is otherwise in compliance with this policy no additional vaccination or screening is required at that time.
Covered tests include the following (if indicated):
- anti-Hepatitis B Surface antibody
- Chest x-ray
- Measles IgG
- TB blood test or the TB skin test
- Varicella IgG
Covered vaccinations include the following:
- Hepatitis B
- Influenza
- MMR
- Tdap
- Varicella
CHS covers the cost of testing and vaccinations for specified Graduate Students in Psychology who are both WSU students in the graduate school and CHS paid employees.
Any student/employee who works in Primary Care Psychology embedded in the Medical Clinic must undergo more rigorous vaccination and TB screening standards (see below.)
CHS also employs specified psychology doctoral interns. Thus, CHS does cover the cost of vaccination and TB testing for these individuals.
Professional Students, Graduate Students & Medical Residents
Professional students, graduate students and medical residents may complete rotations or a supervised clinical experiences in a non-employed status at CHS. These individuals are responsible for the cost of the vaccinations and testing required by this policy. These individuals must comply with the requirements of this policy on the first day of their rotation. This policy will be shared with the professional student, graduate student, medical residents, and their respective programs as soon as the decision is made for CHS to host the rotating student.
Professional or graduate students include students who are in a health professional program such as athletic training, medical school, nursing school, nurse practitioner program, physician assistant school or Psychology Practicum students.