Discharge of an Inpatient Tuberculosis Patient to Outpatient Treatment

Any acute or chronic care hospital or any other institution which provides health care to residents, including but not limited to: prisons; jails; residential treatment centers; nursing homes and rest homes, which plan to discharge a person with confirmed or clinically suspected tuberculosis into the community, shall do discharge planning in collaboration with the Tuberculosis Program. The Tuberculosis Program shall be notified of such persons with confirmed or clinically suspected tuberculosis, upon his or her admission to the hospital or institution, or upon recognition of their confirmed or suspected state, in order to begin the process of outpatient case management planning. A pre-discharge conference regarding case management shall be held and shall include the designated board of health case manager, the discharge planner and medical providers, and the Tuberculosis Surveillance Nurse from the Tuberculosis Program, as necessary. A plan for appropriate medical, nursing, and community agency follow-up shall be made prior to discharge into the community.