Section 325.175. Procedures for physicians, local health officers, and schools for control of diseases and infections.

Rule 5. (1) A physician or other person who attends to a case of communicable disease shall arrange for    appropriate    barrier    precautions, treatment, or isolation if

needed to prevent the spread of infection to other household members, patients, or the community. A physician or other person who seeks information on appropriate precautionary measures may request the local health officer or the department to provide the necessary information. Appropriate isolation or other barrier precautions may be instituted for a case or a suspected case of disease, infection, or other condition by the local health officer or the department as necessary to protect the public health.

(2)     When a school official reasonably suspects that a student  has  a communicable disease except for AIDS, HIV infection, and noncommunicable diseases, the official may exclude the student for a period sufficient to obtain a determination by a physician or local health officer  as  to  the presence of a communicable disease.

(3)          The local health officer may initiate the exclusion from school or group programs of a student or individual who has a communicable disease. A student or individual may be returned to school or a group program when a physician or local health officer indicates that the excluded individual does not represent a risk to other individuals.

(4)    When a local health officer confirms or reasonably suspects that a student or individual attending school or a group program has a communicable disease, the health officer may, as a disease control measure, exclude from attendance any individuals lacking documentation of immunity or otherwise considered susceptible to the disease until such time as the health officer deems there to be no likely further risk of disease spread.

History: 1993 AACS; 2014 AACS.