---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1904.11"
title: "29"
number: "1904.11"
heading: "Recording criteria for work-related tuberculosis cases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1904.11"
---

# §1904.11. Recording criteria for work-related tuberculosis cases.

- (a) **Basic requirement.** If any of your employees has been occupationally exposed to anyone with a known case of active tuberculosis (TB), and that employee subsequently develops a tuberculosis infection, as evidenced by a positive skin test or diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional, you must record the case on the OSHA 300 Log by checking the “respiratory condition” column.
- (b) **Implementation—**
  - (1) **Do I have to record, on the Log, a positive TB skin test result obtained at a pre-employment physical?** No, you do not have to record it because the employee was not occupationally exposed to a known case of active tuberculosis in your workplace.
  - (2) **May I line-out or erase a recorded TB case if I obtain evidence that the case was not caused by occupational exposure?** Yes, you may line-out or erase the case from the Log under the following circumstances:
    - (i) The worker is living in a household with a person who has been diagnosed with active TB;
    - (ii) The Public Health Department has identified the worker as a contact of an individual with a case of active TB unrelated to the workplace; or
    - (iii) A medical investigation shows that the employee's infection was caused by exposure to TB away from work, or proves that the case was not related to the workplace TB exposure.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 657, 658, 660, 666, 669, 673, Secretary of Labor's Orders No. 3-2000 (65 FR 50017) and 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable, and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 6122, Jan. 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.