Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 5:40-R1
General Personnel
Administrative Procedure – Employee Communicable Diseases
Procedures
A. If the Superintendent or Designee has knowledge or reason to believe that an employee may
have a communicable disease, the following steps must be taken as soon as reasonably possible:
1. The employee contacted to discuss the basis for the belief that the employee may
have a communicable disease.
2. If the Superintendent or Designee continues to believe that the employee may have a
communicable disease after consultation, or reasonable efforts to consult, with the
employee,the Superintendent shall immediately:
a) Attempt to reach agreement with the employee for exclusion from work, a
restricted setting or other appropriate protective measures, if the communicable
disease in question is HIV or a communicable disease for which isolation is
required under IDPH Rules. If the communicable disease is not one for which
isolation is required, agreement shall be sought with respect to appropriate
measures to minimize risk of transmission of the disease to others at school; or
b) If agreement is not reached, or after reasonable efforts by the Superintendent or
Designee, consultation does not occur, the Superintendent or Designee shall:
1. Exclude the employee from attendance at work;
2. Place the employee in a restricted setting; or
3. Allow attendance at work in the employee’s current placement provided the
health risks students and other employees are insignificant, or the risk of
loss of confidentiality due to exclusion or a more restricted setting is
substantial and appropriate protective health measures are instituted; and
c) Initiate an appropriate medical review.
1. The medical review shall be conducted in cooperation with the employee,
the employee’s physician and the school nurse. The medical review may
include a physician selected, and paid for by the school District and also
include tests of blood and other appropriate bodily fluids, product tissues.
The Superintendent or Designee may also request appropriate public
health agencies to participate in the medical review. The medical review
shall be completed as quickly as reasonably possible.
2. Upon completion of the medical review, the Superintendent or Designe shall
consult with the employee and determine whether the employee may return
to, or remain at, work and, if so, under what conditions. The
Superintendent’s or Designee’s determination shall be primarily based on
the medical review. The Superintendent or Designee shall promptly
communicate his/her decision in writing to the employee and develop in
writing to the employee and develop and implement comprehensive written
guidelines as provided below.
d) Comprehensive written guidelines shall be developed by the Superintendent or
Designee for all communicable disease cases in which an employee is permitted
to return to work while there is still some minimal risk of transmission of the
disease to others in the school setting. Among other relevant matters, the
guidelines shall identify the health safety precautions and restrictions to be
followed by the District and the employee, the persons who are to be notified
of the case, the method for reporting and monitoring the employee’s condition
and the employment benefits, if any, to be provided to the employee. The
guidelines shall be periodically reviewed and modified by the Superintendent or
Designee as appropriate. Modifications may include temporary or long-term
exclusion of the employee form work or placement in a more restrictive setting, if
reasonably warranted.
3. If an employee with a communicable disease is permitted to return to, or remain at, work
while there is some minimal risk of transmission to others in school, the Superintendent
or Designee shall inform, as necessary, the school nurse and those employees with
direct supervisory responsibilities over the employee of the identity of the employee
and/or the nature of the communicable disease. The Superintendent or Designee may
inform others as appropriate to the nature of the case and consistent with applicable law.
4. Employee medical records shall be kept separately from other employee records and treated as confidential records.
B. The Superintendent’s or Designee’s decision, including any conditions established for attendance,
may be appealed by the employee to the Board of Education. The appeal shall be processed as
quickly as reasonably possible. Pending any appeal, the employee shall remain out of work if the
decision of the Superintendent or Designee is not to admit the employee. If permitted to attend
work, the employee shall be subject to all conditions established by the Superintendent or
Designee, pending disposition of the appeal of those conditions.
Reporting of Communicable Disease Cases
A. Any employee who has been diagnosed as having a communicable disease shall immediately
report the diagnosis to the Superintendent or Designee or to his/her Building Principal, who shall
immediately report the matter to the Superintendent or Designee. The Superintendent or Designee
shall determine whether to initiate the evaluation procedures provided for under these
B. Any employee who has knowledge that another employee has a communicable disease shall
immediately report such knowledge to the Superintendent or Designee or his/her Building
Principal, who shall immediately report the matter to the Superintendent. The Superintendent or
Designee shall determine whether to initiate the procedures provided for under this policy. A report
is permitted, but not required, where the employee who has acquired knowledge of the
communicable disease reasonably believes that a report has already been made or will
immediately be made by the employee with the communicable disease. If an employee required to
report under this paragraph is concerned that legal confidentiality restrictions may prevent a
report, the employee shall discuss the confidentiality issue with the Building Principal or
Superintendent, who will determine whether the report must be made. A list of communicable
diseases for which reporting is required under this paragraph will be maintained in the Building
Principal’s office.
DATED: March, 1999
REVIEWED: November 21, 2005
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