8450 - CONTROL OF CASUAL-CONTACT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

The Governing Board recognizes that control of the spread of communicable disease spread through casual contact is essential to the well-being of the school community and to the efficient ESC operation.

For purposes of this policy, “casual-contact communicable disease” shall include diphtheria, scarlet fever and other strep infections, whooping cough, mumps, measles, rubella, and others designated by the Ohio Department of Public Health.

In order to protect the health and safety of the students, ESC personnel, and the community at large, the Governing Board shall follow all State statutes and Health Department regulations which pertain to immunization and other means for controlling communicable disease spread through normal interaction in the school setting.

On the recommendation of a Governing Board-appointed physician or the school nurse, the teacher may remove from the classroom and the principal/program manager may exclude from the building or isolate in the school any student who appears to be ill or has been exposed to a communicable disease, except that the teacher or principal/program manager may act independently if neither the physician or school nurse is not present in the building when the decision needs to be made.

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