Int 0649-2007

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-193 to read as follows: §17-193. Information for Schools on Communicable Diseases. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. “School” shall mean any public or private elementary or secondary school. 2. “City” shall mean the city of New York. 3. “Communicable diseases” shall mean methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and any disease reportable to the department under the health code of the city of New York that the department deems appropriate to report pursuant to this section. b. Guidelines for communicable diseases. The department shall develop guidelines for schools regarding communicable diseases. Such guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, education regarding such diseases, prevention methods and protocols for responding to incidents of such diseases in a school. c. Reporting to schools. Where the department has received information regarding an incident of a communicable disease that has occurred in a child attending a school or in an employee of such school, the department shall report such incident to such school. §2. This local law shall take effect thirty days after enactment. AS LS#4269 11/9/07