Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 156 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Section 11-156-6 - Exclusion from school and group settings

(a) When any student has a communicable disease for which isolation or restriction from school attendance is required, it shall be the responsibility of the principal or director in charge of the school to prohibit the student from attending school until the expiration of the prescribed period of isolation. If the attending practitioner, school practitioner or public health official finds upon examination that the student is free of the disease in the communicable state, the practitioner or official may issue a signed certificate, upon which the student shall be readmitted by the school authority. Students who have been exempted from immunization or who have not completed the required immunizations shall be immunized or excluded from school during a potential outbreak as determined by the department.

(b) HIV-infected students do not pose a transmission risk to others in the school setting and therefore shall not be excluded from the school setting based on their HIV status.

(c) Parents, guardians, custodians, or any other persons in loco parentis to any child who has a disease for which isolation is required shall not permit the child to attend school or to be present in any group settings until the expiration of the prescribed period of isolation or restriction for the particular disease.