TB screening requirements and documentation: All newly enrolled, foreign born students who have been in the USA for 5 years or less must provide documented evidence of having a negative TB test within 90 days of the first day of school enrollment. Students in the process of completing the TB testing may attend school for no more than 30 days as long as they DO NOT have symptoms of TB as verified by a licensed physician or nurse. If the TB test is positive, the student may remain in school, but must provide proof of a normal chest x-ray or written verification from a physician of the absence of communicable TB. 

Any student who travels AT ANY TIME to a high risk country, as defined by the World Health Organization Global TB Control, IN A NON-TOURIST CAPACITY, must provide documented evidence of having a negative TB test between the 60th – 90th day of return from travel. Failure to complete this testing within the designated time frames will result in removal from school until complete.

Control of Communicable Diseases: In order to protect the health and safety of the students, District personnel, and the community at large, the Health Services staff follow all State statutes and Health Department regulations which pertain to controlling communicable disease spread through the normal interaction in the school setting. If a student is excluded from school for a communicable disease per the Ohio Department of Health recommendations, the student's absence will be excused. 

Please notify the clinic staff in your student's building immediately regarding any communicable disease contracted by your student.

If more information is needed, please refer to the Centers for Disease Control website: www.cdc.gov.