Garfield Re-2 Policies

JLCC

Communicable/Infectious Diseases

The Board of Education recognizes that communicable diseases, which may afflict students, range from common childhood diseases, acute and short-term in nature, to chronic, life-threatening diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This school district will rely on the advice of the medical community in assessing the risk of transmission of various communicable diseases to determine how best to protect the health of both students and staff. The risk of transmitting HIV/AIDS is extremely low in school settings when current guidelines and preventative measures are followed.

 

Management of common communicable diseases will be in accordance with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment or local public health department guidelines.  A student who exhibits symptoms of a readily transmissible communicable disease may be temporarily excluded from school attendance.  

 

Students who complain of illness at school may be referred to the school nurse and may be sent home by the principal as soon as the parent/guardian or person designated on the student’s emergency medical authorization form has been notified.

 

The district reserves the right to require a physician's statement authorizing the student's return to school.

 

In all proceedings related to this policy, the district will respect the student's right to privacy.

 

When information is received by a staff member or volunteer that a student is afflicted with a serious, readily transmissible disease, the staff member or volunteer will promptly notify the school nurse or principal to determine appropriate measures to protect student and staff health and safety.  The principal, after consultation with the student and parent/guardian, will determine which additional staff members, if any, need to know of the affected student’s condition and whether the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment or the local public health department must be notified. Only those staff members with direct responsibility for the care of the student will be informed of the specific nature of the condition if it is determined that there is a need for such individuals to know this information.

 

The superintendent will initiate procedures to ensure that all medical information will be held in strict confidence.  Any school staff member who violates confidentiality will be subject to appropriate disciplinary measures. 

 

Adopted: February 9, 1988

Revised: November 26, 1996

Revised: August 10, 2020

 

LEGAL REFS.: C.R.S. 22-33-104 (2)(a)

C.R.S. 22-33-106 (2)

 

CROSS REFS.: EBBA, Prevention of Disease/Infection Transmission

IC/ICA, School Year, School Calendar, Instructional Time

JHD, Exclusions and Exemptions from School Attendance

JLCA, Physical Examinations of Students

JLCCA, Students with HIV/AIDS

JLCE, First Aid and Emergency Medical Care

JRA/JRC, Student Records/Release of Information on Students

 

Garfield School District No. Re-2, Rifle, Colorado