Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 6356 – Exclusion from school
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1. Public health official action. When a public health official has reason to believe that the continued presence in a school of a child who has not been immunized against one or more diseases presents a clear danger to the health of others, the public health official shall notify the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the superintendent of the school. The superintendent shall cause the child to be excluded from school during the period of danger or until the child receives the necessary immunizing agent.
Whenever, as a result of this section, a child is absent from the public school for more than 10 days, the superintendent shall make arrangements to meet the educational needs of the child.
[PL 2007, c. 598, §3 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 6356
- Agent: means an individual appointed to serve in the capacity of a superintendent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Child: means and includes every child entering school. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 6353
- Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Disease: means those conditions that are preventable by immunizing agent, as specified in rules. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 6353
- Public health official: means a local health officer, the Director of the Bureau of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, or any designated employee or agent of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 6353
- Public school: means a school that is governed by a school board of a school administrative unit and funded primarily with public funds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- School: means any public or private elementary or secondary school in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 6353
- Superintendent: means the superintendent of schools of a school administrative unit, or a person designated by the superintendent, and the chief administrative officer of a private school. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 6353
2. Superintendent‘s action. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subchapter on immunization against specified diseases, a superintendent may exclude from the public schools any child who is a public health threat, in accordance with section 6301, and the superintendent shall exclude from school any child or employee who has contracted or has been exposed to a communicable disease as directed by a physician after consultation with the Bureau of Health.
[PL 1989, c. 414, §11 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 661, §8 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 414, §11 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 598, §3 (AMD).