S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-20.12

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-20.12 - Official School and Child Care Exclusion List of Contagious or Communicable Diseases

A. The Department shall publish an Official School and Child Care Exclusion List of Contagious or Communicable Diseases for which known or suspected Cases and those exposed to certain Communicable Diseases, whether symptomatic or not, shall not be permitted to attend any private, public, parochial or church school or any childcare center or facility. This Exclusion List shall include specific conditions for duration of school or childcare exclusion as well as criteria for return, and it applies to both students and staff.

B. No superintendent, principal or teacher of any school, no provider of childcare as defined in S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-13-20, and no parent or guardian of any child or minor shall permit any child or minor having or suspected of having any of the Communicable Diseases published in this Exclusion List to attend any private, public, parochial, or church school or childcare center or facility until such time as the published conditions for return have been met.

C. No administrator, faculty member, teacher, staff member, volunteer, custodian or any other person having or suspected of having any of the Communicable Diseases published in this Exclusion List shall attend any private, public, parochial, or church school or childcare center or facility until such time as the published conditions for return have been met.

D. Any person who has been exposed to certain Communicable Diseases referenced in this Exclusion List, but who is not symptomatic, shall be excluded from the school or childcare setting and shall not be permitted to attend school or child care until the attending physician or the Department states in writing that the person may return to school or child care and he or she meets one or more of the following criteria:

(1) determined not to have been exposed to the Excludable Disease during the period of communicability;

(2) proven to be immune to the disease;

(3) determined not to be a Carrier of the disease;

(4) has been provided appropriate Post-exposure Prophylaxis;

(5) has exceeded the maximum incubation period of the disease from the last exposure; or

(6) the Department concludes disease transmission has ceased and no longer presents a risk to the public.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-20.12

Replace and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/24/2016.