West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-051 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (2423)
Section 126-51-3 - Application

3.1. County boards of education shall develop or amend communicable disease policies, hereinafter referred to as health promotion and disease prevention policies, to reflect understanding of health promotion and disease prevention in the school setting and of student/staff wellbeing. The goal of the policy is to protect individual students, staff members and the school population in general and foster a healthy environment conducive to learning.

3.2. The potential for inability to learn, loss of school time for preventable diseases or unmanaged care and unnecessary exclusion from the school setting is cause for concern. This problem makes it necessary for counties to develop a policy that is proactive and protective of the educational process and the health and safety rights of students and staff.

3.3. Each county should seek the assistance of school nurses, school personnel, parents and guardians, public health, medical personnel and community leaders in developing the health promotion and disease prevention. The school nurse is qualified to lead the development and implementation of the county level policy.

3.4. The county school system will work cooperatively through public and private partnerships, including the local health department to enforce and adhere to the W. Va. Code §§ 18A-5-1, 16-3-4, 16-3D-1, 16-3-5, 16-3C-1 through 16-3C-9, 18-2-5, 18-5-9, 18-5-17, 18-5-22, and 18-5-34 for health promotion, disease prevention, control and containment of communicable disease in schools.