Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 806 – Exclusion from school
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1. Dismissal. In the event of an actual or threatened outbreak of a communicable disease or other public health threat, the department may order that any person attending or working in a school or day care facility be excluded until the department determines that a public health threat no longer exists.
[PL 2005, c. 383, §10 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 806
- Communicable disease: means an illness or condition due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 801
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 801
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Infected person: means a person who is diagnosed as having a communicable disease or who, after appropriate medical evaluation or testing, is determined to harbor an infectious agent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 801
- Public health threat: means any condition or behavior that can reasonably be expected to place others at significant risk of exposure to a toxic agent or environmental hazard or infection with a notifiable disease or condition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 801
2. Exclusion. The department may exclude any infected person from attending or working in a school or day care facility if that infected person poses a public health threat. An individual excluded pursuant to this subsection shall be permitted to return to the school or day care facility after the department, in consultation with the physician responsible for the individual’s care, determines that return is permissible and will not pose a threat to the public health. The department shall notify the superintendent or day care facility administrator of that determination.
[PL 1989, c. 487, §11 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 487, §11 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 383, §10 (AMD).