HEALTH POLICIES

 

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Head Lice

Health Standards

HIV, AIDS, and Serious Infectious Diseases Policy

Immunization

Medication at School

 

 

Immunization

The State Department of Health requires the Certification of Immunization to be on file for each student.  This form only needs to be completed once and is available in the doctor’s or health unit offices.

 

Medication at school

Teachers are prohibited from dispensing medication.  No medications will be dispensed by the school office without prior consent of the parents via a completed “Authorization of Administration of Medication” form, which must be on file in the school office.

 

UCA requests that parents inform teachers and administrators of any special medical needs that could lead to an emergency situation.  If any prescribed medication is to be distributed by an employee of UCA a medical release form must be signed by the parent or guardian on file in the school office.  Remember, if your child has a fever, is vomiting, or has diarrhea they should not be sent to school.

 

Health Standards

Your child’s health is a matter of importance to all of us.  To that end, all children attending this school should be free of contagious diseases, and all immunization records are to be in good standing.  To prevent spreading of germs to other children and adults, it is recommended that a child does not come to school sick.  The staff will take the temperature of any child who seems ill during the school day.  Any child running a significant temperature of about 99.5 will be sent home in order not to infect other children.

 

Please keep your child at home if he/she has any of the following?

·                 A yellow or green discharge from a runny nose

·                 Having taken antibiotics in the last 12 hours

·                 A constant cough

·                 Had diarrhea or vomiting in the last 12 hours

·                 Had a fever within the last 24 hours

·                 A respiratory infection, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, viruses, or strep through

·                 Conjunctivitis:  This appears as pink or red conjunctiva with white or yellow eyed discharge, often matted eyelids after sleep and eye pain or redness of the eyelids or surrounding skin.  A physician’s consent is required for readmission.

·                 Poison Ivy is not contagious after the child has bathed and his clothes have been washed.

 

 

 

 

Head Lice

Head lice infest millions of school-age children every year; however, the condition is not something to be ashamed of because it has nothing to do with cleanliness, who you are, or where you live.  If parents will take the responsibility to check heads screening the entire family often, these parasites can be prevented, detected early, and controlled.  If this problem should occur with a student, the student has information from the Union Parish Health Unit on the treatment of lice.

 

 

HIV, AIDS, and Serious Infectious Diseases Policy

Union Christian Academy recognizes that serious infectious illnesses, such as Hepatitis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have a tragic impact on those afflicted and involve significant and sensitive issues for students and faculty.  The school also recognizes that both employees and students who contact such serious infectious illnesses may wish to continue their employment or education at Union Christian Academy.

 

At the same time, Union Christian Academy is committed to satisfying its obligation to provide a safe and effective educational and working environment for its students, staff, and visitors.  Accordingly, Union Christian Academy will take appropriate precautions to ensure that any health and safety concerns arising out of any individual’s illness are managed in accordance with current medical knowledge and procedures.

 

With these principles in mind, the school has established the following principles for students, staff, and faculty with serious infectious illnesses.  In promulgating this policy, Union Christian Academy is aware that the best course of action for dealing with an illness may vary from case to case.

 

General Policies:

1. Union Christian Academy will hold all medical information that it receives about the medical condition of an employee or student with HIV infection, AIDS, or other serious infectious illness in strict confidence.  This means that the school restricts access to such information to those with a legitimate need for the information.
2. Union Christian Academy will adopt “universal” precautions in dealing with blood and/or all body fluids regardless of whether or not persons with serious infectious illnesses are known to be in attendance.  Persons involved in such cleanups as well as persons attending to others with injuries should use such precautions to avoid exposure to blood or other body fluids.
3. Union Christian Academy will provide students, staff members, and faculty with the opportunity to learn about HIV infection and AIDS, its causes, effects, and prevention at appropriate times and grade levels as determined by the school.
4. HIV infection will not, by itself as a diagnosis standing alone, be a reason to exclude a student from admission (or continued enrollment) or an adult from employment (or continued employment).
5. These policies are subject to continuing review as new research findings emerge or as the school deems appropriate.

 

Student with Serious Infectious Illnesses:

1. Students with AIDS or other serious infectious illnesses are expected to inform the director of their medical condition so that the school can effectively implement the provisions on this policy.  Union Christian Academy may also, from time to time, require further medical examinations by a physician designated by the school to ascertain the propriety of the student attending the school.
2. Union Christian Academy will make reasonable modifications in its policies, practices, and procedures in order to allow a student with AIDS or other serious infectious illnesses to benefit from academic and other services offered by the school.
3. A student with AIDS or other serious infectious illnesses will be allowed to remain at Union Christian Academy so long as his/her medical condition allows him/her to perform up to the school’s standards and does not present a health or safety risk to other student, faculty, or staff.  While at the school, a student with said illnesses will be allowed to partake fully and equally in the educational, social, and extracurricular activities offered by the school, so long as such participation does not present a health or safety risk to the student or other students, faculty, or staff.