COMMUNICABLE/INFECTIOUS DISEASES
It is the policy of Maine School Administrative District # 15 to provide a safe and healthy learning environment. One aspect of this is awareness of the physical health of the student population. To achieve a healthy environment, teachers and other school staff shall be alert to signs of illness and communicable disease and refer students who show such symptoms to the school nurse.
Students with a diagnosed communicable disease or with symptoms of a communicable disease may be excluded from school and/or school activities. The building principal shall be notified of all communicable disease cases and contacts in the school.
Students who have communicable diseases shall be excluded from school as prescribed by State of Maine law, or shall observe other protective procedures according to recommendations issued by the school physician.
When a student returns to school after having had a communicable disease, a certificate from the attending physician is required. The building principal and/or the school nurse must give permission before the student is readmitted to class.
Legal Reference: 5 MRSA ¤ 19201 et seq.
20-A MRSA ¤¤ 1001.11-A, 6301
22 MRSA ¤¤ 801, 802, 806, 823, 824
Cross Reference: JLCCA Students with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or Antibody to Human Immuno Virus