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EASTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
No. 203
SECTION:
PUPILS
TITLE:
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
AND IMMUNIZATION
ADOPTED:
March 5, 2007
REVISED:
203. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND IMMUNIZATION
1.
Authority
SC 1303a
Title 28
Sec. 23.81 et seq
In order to safeguard the school community from the spread of certain
communicable diseases, the Board requires that established policy and guidelines be
followed.
2.
Guidelines
Immunization
All students shall be immunized against certain diseases in accordance with
Pennsylvania statutes, unless specifically exempt for religious or medical reasons.
SC 1303a
Title 28
Sec. 23.83
No student shall be admitted to school for the first time who has not been immunized
against diseases enumerated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, in the
manner directed by the Secretary of Health.
SC 1303a
Implementation of immunization requirements shall be the responsibility of the
Superintendent or designee and the head nurse, who shall be subject to the sanctions
of law for violation of the state statute for immunization.
SC 1303a
Title 28
Sec. 23.84
A student shall be exempt from the requirements for immunization whose parent/
guardian objects in writing to such immunization for religious grounds or whose
physician certifies that the child's physical condition contraindicates immunization.
The Superintendent shall:
1.
Annually review state standards for immunization and direct accordingly the
responsible district personnel.
Title 28
Sec. 23.83, 23.85
Pol. 201
2.
Inform parents/guardians prior to a student's entry to school for the first time of
the requirements for immunization, the requisite proof of immunization,
exemption available for religious or medical reasons, and means by which such
exemptions may be claimed.
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3.
Investigate and recommend to the Board district-sponsored programs of
immunization as may be warranted by circumstances and the health of the school
community. Any such program is subject to Board approval and should be
conducted in cooperation with local health agencies.
Health Records
SC 1402
Pol. 209
The district shall require that prior to a student's admittance to school for the first
time the parent/guardian shall complete a medical history report form that includes
information regarding known communicable diseases. The nurse or school physician
may use such reports to advise the parent/guardian of the need for further medical
care.
Title 28
Sec. 27.2, 27.23
The school nurse shall report the presence of suspected communicable diseases to
the appropriate local health authority as required by the Department of Health.
SC 1409
All health records shall be confidential, and their contents shall be divulged only
when necessary for the health of the student or at the request of the parent/guardian
to a physician.
Title 28
Sec. 23.85
As part of the health record, a certificate of immunization shall be maintained for
each student enrolled, as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Attendance
Title 28
Sec. 27.71, 27.72
The Board authorizes that students who have been diagnosed by a physician or who
are suspected of having a disease by the school nurse shall be excluded from school
for the period indicated by regulations of the Department of Health for certain
specified diseases and infectious conditions.
Education
Title 22
Sec. 4.29
Instruction regarding communicable and life threatening diseases shall be provided
by the schools in the educational program for all levels.
Title 22
Sec. 4.4
Pol. 105.1, 105.2
Parents/Guardians shall be provided convenient opportunities to preview all
instructional materials used in presentation of this subject.
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School Code
1303a
1402, 1409
PA Code
Title 22
Sec. 4.29, 4.4
Title 28
Sec. 23.81 et seq,
27.2, 27.23,
27.71, 27.72
Board Policy
105.1, 105.2,
201, 209