§437.  Communicable disease prevention and control; in-service educational training; materials and supplies

A.(1)  The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall formulate, develop, adopt, and begin providing, by not later than the 1992-1993 school year and thereafter, an in-service training program to educate all school employees on generally accepted practices and precautions to prevent the occurrence and/or spread of communicable diseases in the school setting.  

(2)  The board shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.  Such rules, regulations, and procedures shall include but not be limited to provisions for all employees of the school system to be able to participate in the in-service training program mandated by this Section.  

B.  The board shall provide the necessary materials and supplies to each school employee who is deemed by the board to need them and those who request them for the use of the employee in preventing the occurrence and/or spread of communicable diseases in the school setting.  

Acts 1992, No. 529, §1, eff. June 29, 1992.