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Title 8 - HEALTHChapter 61 - ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AT SCHOOL BY PERSONS WITH HIV INFECTION; AIDS DRUG DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM; HIV/AIDS COUNSELING AND TESTING OF PREGNANT WOMEN FOR HIV; AND DISCLOSURE OF CHILDREN'S HIV/AIDS STATUS
Subchapter 2 - PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL BY INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV INFECTION
Section 8:61-2.1 - Attendance at school by students or adults with HIV infection

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:61-2.1

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Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024
Section 8:61-2.1 - Attendance at school by students or adults with HIV infection
(a) No student with HIV infection shall be excluded from attending school for reason of the HIV infection. Exclusion of an HIV-infected student can only be for reasons that would lead to the exclusion of any other student.
(b) No student with HIV infection shall be restricted from his or her normal employment at school for reason of the HIV infection, unless the student has another illness that would restrict that employment.
(c) No student shall be excluded from school services, including transportation, extra-curricular activities, and athletic activities, or assigned to separate services, such as home instruction, for reason of HIV infection or living with or being related to someone with HIV infection, as required by N.J.A.C. 6A:16-1.4.
(d) Any person shall be removed from the school setting if the person has uncovered weeping skin lesions.
(e) Any public or nonpublic school or day care facility, regardless of whether students or adults with HIV are present, shall adopt written policies and routine procedures for handling blood and body fluids and make available training and appropriate supplies to all school personnel, in conformance with 6A:16-1.3 and 2.3(e).
(f) Any public or nonpublic school and day care facility shall adopt written policies and procedures for post-exposure evaluation and follow up for any employee exposed to blood or body fluids. District boards of education shall develop written policies and procedures for post-exposure management, in conformance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Safety and Health Standards for Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1030, as amended and supplemented, and the Safety and Health Standards for Public Employees provided at 12:100-4.2.
(g) Any employee of a district board of education or school shall share information that identifies a student as having HIV infection or AIDS only with prior written informed consent of the student age 12 or greater, or of the student's parent or guardian, as required by 26:5C-5 et seq., except as may be authorized or required under other laws.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:61-2.1