(a) You must notify the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) after you become aware that a person in your care, an employee, a contract service provider, a caregiver, someone else in one of your foster homes, or a volunteer has contracted a communicable disease that the law requires you to report to the DSHS as specified in 25 TAC Chapter 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Diseases).(b) If a person in your care has symptoms of a communicable disease that is reportable to the DSHS, you must:(1) Consult a health-care professional about the person's treatment;(2) Follow the treating physician's orders, which may include separating the person from others;(3) Notify the person's parent, if applicable; and(4) Sanitize all items used by the sick person before another person uses one of them.(c) If a health-care professional diagnoses a person in your care with a communicable disease that is reportable to DSHS, a health-care professional must authorize the person's participation in any routine activities at the foster home. The authorization must:(1) Be in the person's record;(2) Include a written statement that the person will not pose a serious threat to the health of others; and(3) Include any specific instructions and precautions to be taken for the protection of others, if necessary.(d) If an employee, a contract service provider, a caregiver, someone else in one of your foster homes, or a volunteer has a communicable disease that is reportable to DSHS, you must obtain written authorization from a health-care professional for the person to be present at the agency or foster home. The written authorization must include a statement that the person will not pose a serious threat to the health of others.(e) You must follow any written instructions and precautions specified by a health-care professional.