§6301. Communicable or infectious disease
The following provisions apply to a student showing symptoms of a communicable or infectious disease.
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).]
1.
Duty of school personnel.
A member of school personnel who has reason to believe that a student is showing symptoms of a communicable or infectious disease reportable under Title 22, chapter 250, subchapter 3 or that pose a public health threat shall inform the building administrator.
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).]
1-A.
Duty of building administrator.
A building administrator informed by a member of school personnel that a student is showing symptoms of a communicable or infectious disease under subsection 1 shall consult with the school nurse. Upon recommendation from the school nurse, the building administrator shall inform the superintendent or superintendent's designee.
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (NEW).]
2.
Duty of superintendent.
A superintendent or a superintendent's designee informed by a building administrator under subsection 1‑A may:
A.
Advise the student's parent to furnish the student with the required home or medical treatment for the relief of the student's symptoms or disease reported under subsection 1;
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).]
B.
Exclude the student from the public schools until the student is no longer a public health threat;
[PL 2017, c. 381, §6 (AMD).]
C.
Exclude the student from public school as soon as safe and proper transportation home is available; and
[PL 2017, c. 381, §6 (AMD).]
D.
Consult with the school nurse.
[PL 2017, c. 381, §6 (NEW).]
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).]
3.
Duty of parent.
A parent informed by a superintendent or the superintendent's designee under subsection 2 shall promptly do what is reasonably necessary to ensure that the student is not a public health threat.
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).]
4.
Penalty.
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (RP).]
5.
Exclusion.
[PL 1983, c. 661, §5 (RP).]
5-A.
Notification.
A superintendent or the superintendent's designee informed by a building administrator under subsection 1‑A shall cause notice of the communicable or infectious disease to be given to the Department of Health and Human Services, in accordance with the requirements of Title 22, chapters 250 and 251, and rules issued under those chapters.
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).]
6.
Authority and duties of Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department of Health and Human Services has the authority and duties prescribed in Title 22, chapters 250 and 251 with respect to the control of notifiable diseases and conditions and communicable or infectious diseases.
[PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 661, §§3-6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 414, §§9,10 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2007, c. 598, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 381, §§5-7 (AMD). RR 2017, c. 2, §3 (COR). PL 2025, c. 627, §1 (AMD).