§ 43.19 Health; Daily Requirements; Communicable Diseases.
RCNY § 43.19
(a)Daily attendance record. A daily attendance record shall be kept in a form provided or approved by the Department.
(b)Daily health inspections. A health inspection of each child shall be made daily by teachers who are familiar with such child and trained to recognize signs or symptoms of illnesses in accordance with guidelines or training provided or approved by the Department.
(c)Management of ill children and reporting.
(1)An area shall be provided for separating ill children under direct adult supervision until parents remove children from the school.
(2)All health care provider diagnoses pursuant to 24 RCNY Health Code Article 11 shall be reported to the Department by the person in charge of a school.
(3)The Department shall be notified by the person in charge of a school within 24 hours of the occurrence of a death or serious injury to a child while in the care of the school.
(4)When any child is unexpectedly absent from the school for three consecutive days, the person in charge of a school shall telephone the child's parent to determine the cause of absence and shall maintain a record of the telephone call and the information obtained in the log required by 24 RCNY Health Code § 43.21(d).
(d)Parent reports of absences. At the beginning of each school year, the person in charge of a school shall notify parents that they are required to report absences in accordance with this subdivision. Parents shall report to the person in charge of a school within 24 hours any absence for: chicken pox, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, diphtheria, food poisoning, hepatitis, haemophilus influenza type b infection, impetigo, measles, meningitis (all types), meningococcal disease, mumps, Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), pertussis (whooping cough), poliomyelitis, rubella (German measles), salmonella, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, or any other disease or condition which may be a danger to the health of other children. Such disease or condition shall not include acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
(e)Reports of vaccine preventable illnesses. The person in charge of a school shall report to the Department by telephone, within 24 hours, any child who has any vaccine preventable illness, or meningitis or tuberculosis, or if there is any outbreak or unusual occurrence of any disease or condition at the facility.
(f)Isolation and exclusion pursuant to 24 RCNY Health Code Article 11. The person in charge of a school must isolate or exclude any child who is suspected or confirmed with, or has been exposed to, a communicable disease requiring isolation or exclusion under 24 RCNY Health Code Article 11. A child who has been excluded must not be permitted to return to the school without a written statement from a health care provider indicating that the child is free from such disease in communicable form and that the period of isolation or exclusion required by 24 RCNY Health Code Article 11 has ended. (Amended City Record 12/26/2019, eff. 1/25/2020)
