Students with a communicable disease will be allowed to attend school provided their presence does not create a substantial risk of illness or transmission to other students or employees. The term communicable disease shall mean an infectious or contagious disease spread from person to person or animal to person or as defined by law.
Prevention and control of communicable diseases shall be included in the school district's blood borne pathogens exposure control plan. The procedures shall include scope and application, definitions, exposure control, methods of compliance, universal precautions, vaccination, post-exposure evaluation, follow-up, communication of hazards to employees, and record keeping. This plan shall be reviewed annually by the superintendent, school nurse, or health clerk.
The health risk to immunodepressed students shall be determined by their personal physician. The health risk to others in the school district environment from the presence of a student with a communicable disease shall be determined on a case-by-case basis by the student's personal physician, a physician chosen by the school district or public health officials.
It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent, in conjunction with the school nurse, to develop administrative procedures stating the procedures for dealing with the students with a communicable disease.
For more information on communicable disease charts and reporting forms, go to the Iowa Department of Public Health website.
Approved:
Reviewed: 12-08-03, 7-13-15
Revised: 02-18-04, 04-08-13, 4-10-23
