FFAD - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND SERVICES: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Adopted: 1/11/80

Amended: 6/29/84, 1/14/88, 11/17/95, 5/28/03

Reviewed:

REPORTS

The coordinator of health services at TSBVI shall report to the local health authority those students attending school who are suspected of having a notifiable condition, as defined by the Texas Board of Health.

25 TAC 97.2(b), 97.4; Health and Safety Code 81.041, 81.042.

EXCLUSION

The principal shall exclude from attendance any student suffering from a communicable condition, as defined by the Texas Board of Health, until one of the criteria for readmittance is fulfilled. 25 TAC 97.5(a), 97.4 (See http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/report/report.htm)

READMITTANCE

Students excluded for reason of communicable disease shall be readmitted by one or more of the following methods, as determined by the local health authority:

1. Certificate of the attending physician attesting to their recovery and noninfectiousness.
2. Permit for readmission issued by the local health authority.
3. After a period of time corresponding to the duration of the communicability of the disease, as established by the commissioner of health. (See http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/report/report.htm)

25 TAC 97.5(c)

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