The Board of Trustees recognizes that tuberculosis poses a public health threat. Treatment of active cases of this disease is the most effective means of controlling its spread.
The number of tuberculosis cases in our county is on the rise. The County Public Health Officer therefore requires tuberculosis testing, and follow-up if appropriate, before students enter school.
The Superintendent or designee may require a tuberculosis skin test when qualified medical personnel reasonably suspect that a student has active tuberculosis. If there is an outbreak of tuberculosis at any school, the Superintendent or designee may require all students at the school to undergo tuberculosis skin tests.
Students known to have had a positive tuberculosis skin test shall be excluded from school until they provide evidence of a follow-up x-ray and appropriate medical care or are no longer suspected of having active tuberculosis.
(cf. 5112.2 - Exclusions from Attendance)
(cf. 5141.3 - Health Examinations)
All district staff shall receive information on how tuberculosis is spread and how it can be prevented and treated.
(cf. 4119.43/4219.43/4319.43 - Universal Precautions)
(cf. 5141.22 - Infectious Diseases)
(cf. 5141.23 - Infectious Disease Prevention)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
48213 Prior parent notification of exclusion; exemption
49451 Parent's refusal to consent to health examination
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
120230 Exclusion of persons from school when residence is in isolation or quarantine
121365 Duties of local health officer re: tuberculosis control
121475-121520 Tuberculosis tests for students
124025-124110 Child Health and Disability Prevention Program
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
202 Exclusion of students with contagious disease
432 Student records
3030 Eligibility for special education; tuberculosis that adversely affects educational performance
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 22
41301-41329 Tuberculosis tests for students
Management Resources:
WEB SITES
American Lung Association: http://www.lungusa.org
California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tb
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuberculosis: http://www.cdc.gov/tb
Health Officers Association of California: http://www.calhealthofficers.org
Policy AROMAS-SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: June 9, 2004 San Juan Bautista, California