Int 0230-2010

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended to by adding a new section 17-196 read as follows: §17-196 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. “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. b. 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 particular school. c. 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 immediately report such incident to such school. §2. This local law shall take effect thirty days after enactment. AS Int.0649/2007 AES LS#330 4/19/10