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a. Director of University Relations

b. A medical professional from the Wellness Center

c. Director of the Counseling Center

d. A lawyer for the University

e. Director of University Housing (if student lives on campus)

f. Director of Athletics (if student athlete is involved)

g. The CDMT will be responsible for the following tasks:

h. Notifying the Alabama Public Health Department about the disease.

i. Obtaining latest recommendations about the management and prevention of the spread of the disease and requesting appropriate vaccines and/or medications, as well as requesting additional professional and clerical assistance, if deemed necessary.

j. Investigating potential single source of the outbreak, seeking to identify all campus members who may have been exposed and providing appropriate medical intervention or referral.

k. Providing education to the campus about how to identify and report any signs and symptoms of the illness.

l. Determining appropriate media communication of information.

Determining current and on-going risk to members of the campus community to make decisions about accessibility to campus resources and facilities.

Persons diagnosed with a communicable disease

A. Persons who know, or have reason to believe, they have a communicable disease are expected to seek expert advice about their health circumstances. They are obligated, ethically and legally, to conduct themselves responsibly in accordance with such knowledge for the protection of other members of the University community. This includes confidentially reporting to the CDMT any known risk of disease or danger to other members of the campus community.

B. After an outbreak and before returning to work or school, members of the UAH community who have been diagnosed as having a communicable disease MUST receive a letter from his/her physician or primary care provider documenting that he/she is medically cleared (i.e., is no longer infectious to others) and is therefore able to return to school or work as of a specified date. This information should be presented to the CDMT who will keep such records filed and confidential.

C. Students diagnosed with certain communicable diseases must be isolated during the infectious period of their illness. Therefore, they may not be able to continue attending class, obtaining meals in the various universities dining facilities, or living in the residence halls.

Except in the cases listed above, persons who have been diagnosed with a communicable disease shall not be excluded from enrollment or employment or restricted in their access to University facilities or services unless a medically-based judgment in an individual case establishes that exclusion or restriction is necessary to the welfare of the infected individual (e.g., has care needs or inappropriate behaviors that cannot be reasonably accommodated) or the welfare of other members of the university community.

UAH Communicable Diseases Policy (continued p. 3)

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Phone: 256-824-6203

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