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STAFF HEALTH
File: GBE
As a condition of employment every new employee of the School Board including
teachers, cafeteria workers, janitors and bus drivers, shall submit a certificate signed by a
licensed physician, physician assistant or licensed registered nurse stating the employee
appears free of communicable tuberculosis. Volunteers and student teachers may be required
to provide such a certificate.
Any employee who does not comply with this requirement will have violated the
terms of employment, and is not entitled to compensation. Any new volunteer, or student
teacher who begins his/her duties without having complied with this requirement may be
removed from that assignment until the requirement is fulfilled. For the purposes of this
policy, a new employee is designated as someone hired for the first time or rehired after a
one-year absence.
The School Board at its discretion may require a tuberculosis rescreening of all
employees.
Contagious and Infectious Diseases
While in that condition, persons suffering with a contagious or infectious disease may
be excluded from his/her current assignment by the School Board.
Physical Exams for School Bus Drivers and for Car Drivers who Transport Students
No person shall be employed as a bus or car driver unless they have a physical exam
of the scope required by the Board of Education and provides the School Board the results of
the exam on the form prescribed by the Board of Education. Such exam and report may be
provided by a licensed nurse practitioner.
The School Board may also require alcohol and drug testing in accordance with
Policy GDQ.
Adopted:
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Legal Refs.:
Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§ 22.1-300, 22.1-301, 22.1-178,
22.1-272, 54.1-2952.2, 54.1-2957.02.
Cross Ref.:
EBAB Reporting of Possible Exposure to Viral Infections
EBBB Personnel Training–Viral Infections
GDQ Drug and Alcohol Testing
JHCC Communicable Diseases
JHCCA Student/Staff Bloodborne Contagious or Infectious Diseases
Rockingham County Public Schools Administrative Directive: Student/Staff
Bloodborne Contagious or Infectious Diseases AD-JHCCA-6/09
5/11 RCPS
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD