GBEB: Communicable Disease – Staff

GBEB-AR: Communicable Diseases – Staff

Code: GBEB

Adopted: 1/04/07

Revised/Readopted: 10/14/10; 6/11/18

Orig. Code(s): GBEB

The district shall comply with state law and rules and state and local health authorities’ guidelines regarding communicable diseases. 

The district shall use standard precautions at all times for infection control.  Each situation involving the potential for the spread of a communicable disease shall be treated initially as an actual exposure.

An employee who knows that he or she has or has been exposed to any restrictable disease, may not attend work unless authorized by Oregon law.  When an administrator has reason to suspect that any employee has or has been exposed to any restrictable disease and exclusion is required, the administrator shall send the employee home.  If the disease is a reportable disease, the administrator will report the occurrence to the local health department.

Employees shall comply with all other measures adopted by the district and with all rules adopted by Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division and the local health department.

The superintendent or designee will develop administrative procedures as needed to implement this policy to reduce the risk of contagion in the school setting.  At a minimum, such procedures shall include staff training, first aid kits in each school and on school vehicles, sanitation kits at each school for cleanup of body fluid spills, and precautionary guidelines for body fluid cleanup and personal hygiene.

Additionally, the district shall work cooperatively in coordination with the appropriate agencies, regarding communicable disease issues.

The district shall protect the confidentiality of an employee's health condition and record to the extent possible and consistent with federal and state law.

The district will include, as part of its emergency plan, a description of the actions to be taken by district staff in the case of a declared public health emergency or other catastrophe that disrupts district operations.

The superintendent will develop administrative regulations necessary to implement this policy.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION and OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, Communicable Disease Guidance (2017). Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (2012); Family Educational Rights and Privacy, 34 C.F.R. Part 99 (2017).

Cross Reference(s):

EBC/EBCA - Emergency Procedures and Disaster Plans

JHCC - Communicable Diseases – Students