Students with a communicable disease may be allowed to attend school provided their presence does not create a substantial risk of illness or transmission to other students or employees. The Burlington Community School District will follow the recommendations of the student’s physicians and/or the Iowa Department of Public Health regarding exclusion from school due to a communicable condition. 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.
The school district will have a Bloodborne 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 and school nurses.
The health risk to immuno-suppressed students shall be determined by their personal physician. The health risk to others in the school 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.
The parent/guardian shall notify the superintendent or the school nurse when it is learned that their child has a communicable disease. It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent or school nurse upon investigation and when knowledge has been gained that a reportable communicable disease is present, to notify the Iowa Department of Public Health. Health data of a student is confidential and it shall not be disclosed to third parties.
CROSS REF.:
Communicable Diseases – Employees
Student Records
Student Health and Well-Being
- First Adoption:
- 1983-01-24
- Revision Adoption:
- July 18, 1990/ May 9, 1999
- Reviewed Dates:
- July 17, 2016/ November 14, 2021
- Legal Reference:
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School Board of Nassau County v. Arline, 480 U.S. 273 (1987).
29 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. (1988).
45 C.F.R. Pt. 84.3 (1993).
Iowa Code ch. 139 (1995).
641 I.A.C. 1.2-.5, 7.