[Amended 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-27; 7-15-2008 by Ord. No.
2008-40]
A.
The City Health and Human Services Division shall issue guidelines
to school personnel and physicians requiring a risk assessment of
all children entering the City public, private and parochial schools,
as outlined by the State Department of Public Health, Division of
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control.
B.
Any individual at risk shall receive tuberculin testing by the Mantoux
(PPD) technique (not multiple-puncture technique), and those with
significant reactions shall be referred for evaluation for prophylactic
therapy.
C.
A history of prior BCG vaccination should not influence the need
for skin testing.
D.
Any student spending four weeks or more outside the United States
should have a risk assessment before returning to school.
