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JGCD Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
The district will provide the safest and most appropriate educational environment for any student 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 educational placement of any student 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)
This policy will be reviewed periodically as medical information becomes available concerning this disease.
Approved: June 22, 1993
JGCD-R Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
The superintendent will direct the AIDS Advisory Committee (AAC) to determine the educational placement of any student infected with AIDS Virus.
AIDS Advisory Committee (AAC) Members of the AIDS Advisory Committee will include:
l. Director of Human Resources - Chairman
2. Director of Flint Hills Special Education Cooperative
3. Health Services Coordinator/Nurse, USD #253
4. Medical Consultant/Physician, Lyon County Health Department
5. The principal of the attendance center
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 parent/guardian to designate a physician who will be responsible for the care of the student and who will monitor the student’s medical and psychological condition.
- Secure an informed consent form from parent/guardian regarding the risk of communicable diseases in the school setting. (see attached)
- Obtain appropriate data from the student’s designated physician, the student’s parent/guardian, school personnel and other appropriate sources of expertise in a confidential manner.
- Determine the appropriate educational setting for the student.
- Submit recommendations to the superintendent and board for final decisions.
Monitoring
The school nurse and or student’s physician will be responsible for notifying the AAC chairman of any changes in the student’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/We, parent(s) and natural guardian(s) of ______________________________________
______________________________, a student enrolled in Unified School District No. 253, Lyon County, Kansas, who has been diagnosed as being infected with the AIDS virus, having requested that said student be permitted to return to school, acknowledge and fully recognize that by doing so said student may be exposed to other infectious diseases which could complicate further the physical condition of said student.
In consideration of said student being permitted to return to school, we 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(s) being personally known to me to be the same person(s) 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: _______________________
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