OAR 333-019-0010
Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions

(1) For purposes of this rule:
(a) “Evidence of immunity”:
(A) To measles, mumps or rubella means meeting the criteria for presumptive evidence of immunity specified in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) volume 64, issue RR04, issued June 14, 2013, available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6204a1.htm;
(B) To diphtheria or pertussis means having documentation of having been immunized as recommended in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) volume 67, issue 2, dated April 27, 2018, available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/rr/rr6702a1.htm;
(C) To hepatitis A means having documentation of detectable serum antibodies directed against this virus; having laboratory documentation of having had the disease; or having documentation of having been immunized as recommended in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) volume 55, issue RR07, issued May 19, 2006, available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5507a1.htm;
(D) To hepatitis B means having documentation of having been immunized as recommended in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) volume 67, issue 1, issued January 12, 2018, available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/rr/rr6701a1.htm; or having documentation of ever having at least 10 milli-international units per milliliter of serum of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen.
(b) “Restrictable disease”:
(A) As applied to food service facilities includes but is not limited to COVID-19, diphtheria, hepatitis A, hepatitis E, measles, Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi infection, Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, shigellosis, infectious tuberculosis, open or draining skin lesions infected with Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes, any illness accompanied by diarrhea or vomiting.
(B) As applied to schools, children’s facilities, and health care facilities, includes but is not limited to chickenpox, COVID-19, diphtheria, hepatitis A, hepatitis E, measles, mumps, pertussis, rubella, Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi infection, scabies, Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, shigellosis, and infectious tuberculosis and may include a communicable stage of hepatitis B infection in a child, who, in the opinion of the local health officer, poses an unusually high risk to other children (for example, exhibits uncontrollable biting or spitting).
(C) Includes any other communicable disease identified in an order issued by the Authority or a local public health administrator as posing a danger to the public’s health.
(c) “Susceptible”:
(A) For a child, means lacking documentation of immunization required under OAR 333-050-0050 (Immunization Requirements).
(B) For an employee of a school or child care facility, means lacking evidence of immunity to the disease.
(2) To protect the public health, an individual who attends or works at a school or child care facility, or who works at a health care facility or food service facility may not attend or work at a school or facility while in a communicable stage of a restrictable disease, unless otherwise authorized to do so under these rules.
(3) A school administrator shall exclude a susceptible child who attends a school or children’s facility if the administrator has reason to suspect that the child has been exposed to measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis A, or hepatitis B, unless the local health officer determines, in accordance with section (6) of this rule, that exclusion is not necessary to protect the public’s health.
(4) A school administrator shall exclude an employee of a school or children’s facility if the administrator has reason to suspect that the employee has been exposed to measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis A, or hepatitis B, unless the local health officer determines, in accordance with section (6) of this rule, that exclusion is not necessary to protect the public’s health.
(5) A school administrator may request that the local health officer determine whether an exclusion under section (3) or (4) of this rule is necessary.
(6) If a local health officer receives a request from a school administrator to determine whether an exclusion is appropriate under this rule, the local health officer, in consultation as needed with the Authority, may consider the following non-exclusive factors in making the determination:
(a) The severity of the disease;
(b) The means of transmission of the disease;
(c) The intensity of the child’s or employee’s exposure; and
(d) The exposed child’s or employee’s susceptibility to the disease.
(7) The length of exclusion under this rule is one incubation period following the child or employee’s most recent exposure to the disease.
(8) A susceptible child may be excluded under this rule notwithstanding any claim of exemption under ORS 433.267 (Immunization of school children)(1).
(9) The infection control committee at each health care facility shall adopt policies to restrict employees with restrictable diseases from work in accordance with recognized principles of infection control.
(10) Nothing in these rules prohibits:
(a) A school or children’s facility from adopting more stringent exclusion standards under ORS 433.284 (Adoption of more stringent immunization requirements).
(b) A health care facility or food service facility from adopting additional or more stringent rules for exclusion of employees.

Source: Rule 333-019-0010 — Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-019-0010.

333–019–0000
Responsibility of Public Health Authorities to Investigate Reportable Diseases 333–019–0002
Cooperation with Public Health Authorities 333–019–0003
Providing Information to the Oregon Health Authority or Local Public Health Administrator 333–019–0005
Conduct of Special Studies by Oregon Health Authority 333–019–0010
Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions 333–019–0014
Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Removal of Restrictions 333–019–0017
Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Rabies Vaccination for Animals 333–019–0019
Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Dog Licensing 333–019–0022
Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Wolf-Dog Hybrids 333–019–0024
Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Management of Animal Bites 333–019–0027
Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Management of Possibly Rabid Animals 333–019–0031
Other Disease Specific Provisions: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus 333–019–0036
Other Disease Specific Provisions: Special Precautions Relating to Pregnancy and Childbirth 333–019–0039
Other Disease Specific Provisions: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 333–019–0041
Other Disease Specific Provisions: Tuberculosis 333–019–0042
Other Disease Specific Provisions: Tuberculosis Screening in Correctional Facilities 333–019–0052
Other Disease Specific Provisions: Communication During Transfer of Patients with MDROs, C. difficile, or Any Organism Requiring Transmission-Based Precautions 333–019–0061
Infection Prevention in Health Care Settings
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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