Sterling
Schools CUSD #5 5.40
Personnel
General Personnel -
Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
The Superintendent or a designee shall develop and implement procedures for
managing known or suspected cases of
a communicable and chronic infectious disease involving District employees that
are consistent with State and federal law, rules of the Illinois Department of
Public Health, and Board of Education policies.
An employee with a communicable or chronic infectious
disease is encouraged to inform the Superintendent immediately and grant
consent to being monitored by the District’s Communicable and Chronic
Infectious Disease Review Team. The
Review Team, if used, provides information and recommendations to the Superintendent
concerning the employee’s conditions of employment and necessary
accommodations. The Review Team shall
hold the employee’s medical condition and records in strictest confidence,
except to the extent allowed by law.
An employee with a communicable or
chronic infectious disease will be permitted to retain his or her position whenever, after reasonable
accommodations and without undue hardship, there is no substantial risk of
transmission of the disease to others, provided an employee is able to continue
to perform the position's essential functions. An employee with a communicable
and chronic infectious disease remains subject
to the Board's employment policies including sick leave and other leave, physical examinations, temporary and permanent
disability, and termination.
LEGAL
REF.:
Americans with Disabilities
Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.;
29 C.F.R. §1630.1 et seq.;
Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §791.;
34
C.F.R. § 104.2 et seq.
820 ILCS 40/1 et seq.
20 ILCS 2305/6.
105 ILCS 5/24-5.
CROSS REF.: 2.150, 5.30, 5.180
Adopted:
Revised: