DBS CODE: 4147.3 DBS CODE: 4147.34247.3
PERSONNEL - CERTIFICATED/NON-CERTIFICATED:
Disability:
Communicable Diseases (to include, but not limited to: Herpes, AIDS, TB, Hepatitis, Meningitis, etc.)
The Somers Board of Education recognizes the existence of many illnesses and physical conditions which could be a potential danger to students and staff members. When, in the opinion of school health professionals, these conditions exist among employees or contractor employees, each case will be reviewed on an individual basis by an advisory panel made up of the following as deemed necessary: employee’s physician, the school doctor, the school nurse, the State Department of Health officials. The advisory panel will recommend an appropriate course of action based upon the most recent medical information.
It shall be the policy of the Somers Board of Education that when dealing with illness and physical problems in the schools which could be a potential hazard to the health and safety of others, the following will be given due consideration.
1. That each employee is treated in accordance with current law.
2. That information will be provided to students, employees and other concerned persons concerning the actual or potential dangers of transmission of the disease.
3. Current medical knowledge available.
4. That restrictions be placed on the employee only to the extent necessary to minimize the risk to himself/herself or of transmitting the disease to others.
5. That maximum protection be afforded to the health and safety of others.
6. That the maximum possible protection of the rights or privacy of each afflicted employee is observed.
The school system will provide information and training to personnel involved in providing services to employees with infectious diseases. As the medical community is learning more about contagious diseases on a daily basis, these regulations will be reviewed by the staff at least every two months.
REF. DBS CODE: 4147.1 Handling of Body Fluids
Adopted: October 13, 1987
Revised: August 3, 2009