GARIC Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

GARIC Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

The district will determine the safest and most appropriate working environment for any employee who has been diagnosed as having AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) or as being infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). AIDS is a syndrome caused by HIV (HTLV-III).

The superintendent will direct an AIDS Advisory Committee (AAC) to determine the employment conditions of any employee infected with AIDS virus. The health, safety, and rights of all students and employees will be considered in making the decision.

The AIDS Advisory Committee will comply with current statutes during the review process. (KSA 65-122)

Approved: June 22, 1993

GARIC-R Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

The superintendent will direct the AIDS Advisory Committee (AAC) to determine the employment conditions of any employee infected with AIDS Virus.

AIDS Advisory Committee (AAC)

Members of the AIDS Advisory Committee will include:

• Director of Human Resource - Chairman
• Health Services Coordinator/Nurse, USD #253
• Medical Consultant/Physician, Lyon County Health Department

The superintendent will not be a member of the AAC, but will have approval powers over decisions made by the committee.

Procedures

The AIDS Advisory Committee will:

• Report all known cases to the Lyon County Health Department.
• Require employee to designate a physician who will be responsible for the care of the employee and who will monitor the employee’s medical and psychological condition.
• Secure an informed consent form from employee regarding the risk of communicable diseases in the school setting. (see attached)
• Obtain appropriate data from the employee’s designated physician, and other appropriate sources of expertise in a confidential manner.
• Submit recommendations for appropriate employment setting to the superintendent who will recommend to the board the appropriate employment setting.
• Notify the immediate supervisor. The AIDS Advisory Committee, in consultation with the employee, will determine other school personnel to be notified.

Monitoring

The immediate supervisor and employee’s physician will be responsible for notifying the AAC chairman of any changes in the employee’s condition.

Review of Policy

This policy should be reviewed periodically as medical information becomes available concerning this disease.

Approved: June 22, 1993

INFORMED CONSENT FORM

I ____________________________________________, an employee of Unified School District No. 253, Lyon County, Kansas, having been diagnosed as being infected with the AIDS virus, and having requested that I be permitted to return to my employment with Unified School District No. 253, Lyon County, Kansas, acknowledge and fully recognize that by doing so I may be exposed to other infectious diseases which could complicate further my physical condition.

In consideration of being permitted to return to my employment, I assume full responsibility for any such exposure to other infectious diseases, and fully release Unified School District No. 253, Lyon County, Kansas, from any and all liability and damages occasioned thereby.

Dated and signed this _________day of _______________________, l9___, at Emporia, Kansas.

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STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF LYON, SS:

BE IT REMEMBERED, on this _____ day of _______________, l9___, before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid, came_________________________________________, such person being personally known to me to be the same person who executed the within instrument of writing and duly acknowledged the execution of the same.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal on the day and year last above written.

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Notary Public

My appointment expires: _______________________