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1995 SESSION

LD6459400
HOUSE BILL NO. 2582
Offered January 23, 1995
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-271.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public school attendance and school personnel training and certain viral infections.
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Patron--Phillips
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-271.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-271.3. Guidelines for school attendance for children infected with human immunodeficiency virus; school personnel training required.

A. The Board of Education, in cooperation with the Board of Health, shall develop, and revise as necessary, model guidelines for school attendance for children infected with human immunodeficiency virus. The first such guidelines shall be completed by December 1, 1989. The Board shall distribute copies of these guidelines to each division superintendent and every school board member in the Commonwealth immediately following completion.

B. Each school board shall, by July 1, 1990, adopt guidelines for school attendance for children with human immunodeficiency virus. Such guidelines shall be consistent with the model guidelines for such school attendance developed by the Board of Education.

C. Every school board shall ensure that all school personnel having direct contact with students receive appropriate training in the etiology, prevention, transmission modes, and effects of blood-borne pathogens, specifically, hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency viruses or any other infections that are the subject of regulations promulgated by the Safety and Health Codes Board of the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program within the Department of Labor and Industry.