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Policy for Temperature Checks &
Requesting Medical
Information/Documentation
During a Pandemic
Scope:
This policy applies to all employees without exception in the event of a pandemic or
similar health crisis.
Guidelines:
Effective immediately, all employees reporting to work will have their body
temperature taken as a precautionary measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Every employee will be screened, including having his or her temperature taken,
when reporting to work. Employees should report to the front office upon arrival at
work and prior to entering any other areas of the school building.
Each employee will be screened using a touchless forehead/ temporal artery
thermometer. The employee’s temperature and answers to respiratory symptom
questions may be documented, and the record will be maintained as a private
medical record.
Time spent waiting for the health screening should be recorded as time worked for
non-exempt employees.
An employee who has a fever at or above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or who is
experiencing coughing or shortness of breath will be sent home. The employee
should monitor his or her symptoms and call a doctor or use telemedicine if
concerned about the symptoms.
An employee sent home can return to work when:
He or she has had no fever for at least three (3) days without taking
medication to reduce fever during that time; AND
Any respiratory symptoms (cough and shortness of breath) have improved;
AND
At least ten (10) days have passed since the symptoms began.
An employee may return to work earlier if a doctor confirms the cause of an
employee’s fever or other symptoms is not COVID-19 and releases the employee
to return to work in writing.
An employee who experiences fever and/or respiratory symptoms while home
should not report to work. Instead, the employee should contact his or her
immediate supervisor for further direction.
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