The short answer South Carolina's in-home care provider regulation requires an annual TB risk assessment and caregiver health assessments including TB screening per CDC/DPH guidelines. Workers' comp kicks in at 4 or more employees.
What South Carolina requires
South Carolina
TB screening (licensing rule). SC Reg. 61-122 (Standards for Licensing In-Home Care Providers) requires an annual TB risk assessment to set screening frequency and caregiver health assessments completed within 12 months before initial client contact that include TB screening per the CDC's and Department's most current guidelines.
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Licensing program. SC DPH licenses in-home care providers under Regulation 61-122.
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Workers' comp at 4+ employees. Required for businesses regularly employing 4 or more employees (part-timers and family count); exemptions include employers with annual payroll under $3,000 (SC Workers' Compensation Commission).
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The federal baseline (applies in every state)
Federal
No federal TB mandate for home care workers. There is no federal law requiring tuberculosis screening of home care or home health workers; TB screening obligations for this workforce are set by each state's facility licensing law. Federal Medicare Conditions of Participation for home health agencies (42 CFR Part 484) require an infection-prevention program but do not prescribe worker TB testing.
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2019 CDC/NTCA baseline screening standard. The 2019 CDC/National Tuberculosis Controllers Association recommendations for U.S. health care personnel call for a baseline (pre-placement) individual TB risk assessment, symptom evaluation, and a TB test (IGRA or TST) for those without documented prior positive results. Routine annual (serial) testing of health care personnel is no longer recommended absent ongoing exposure; instead facilities should provide annual TB education and symptom screening.
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Positive-result workup. Personnel with a newly positive TB test or TB symptoms should receive a chest X-ray and clinical evaluation to rule out active TB disease; those found to have latent TB infection should be offered and encouraged to complete LTBI treatment per CDC guidance.
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OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard applies to home care/home health workers with reasonably anticipated exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials. Employers must maintain a written exposure control plan, provide annual training, and offer the hepatitis B vaccine series at no cost within 10 working days of assignment to covered workers.
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