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CUNY Protocol on Infectious Disease Notification (Revised: February 1, 2012)

Please refer to the Graduate Center website for most current updates: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/public-safety-and-security/policies-and-procedures/cuny-protocol-infectious-disease-notification

From time to time, CUNY students or employees may contract an infectious disease that can be spread through casual contact. In such circumstances, which could impact the health and safety of the CUNY community, students and employees should follow this protocol. If a student or an employee is in doubt whether an infectious disease is covered, he/she should contact the campus Health Services office.

When students contract an infectious disease that can be spread through casual con- tact, they should immediately report it to the campus Health Services Director. If the campus Health Services Director is unavailable, they should report it to the campus Chief Student Affairs Administrator. If the Student Affairs office is closed, they should report it to the campus Public Safety office.

When employees contract an infectious disease that can be spread through casual con- tact, they should immediately report it to the Executive Director of Human Resources, who is responsible for reporting it to the campus Health Services Director. If the Human Resources office is closed, they should report it to the campus Public Safety office. Employees should also inform their supervisor or department chair.

When a child in the campus Child Care Center contracts an infectious disease, the Child Care Center Director should report it to the campus Health Services Director and to the campus Chief Student Affairs Administrator. If the campus Health Services Director is unavailable and the Student Affairs office is closed, the Child Care Center Director should report it to the campus Public Safety office.

The campus Public Safety office should report cases involving students to the campus Chief Student Affairs Administrator, cases involving employees to the Director of Human Re- sources, and cases involving a child in the campus Child Care Center to the Health Services Director and to the Chief Student Affairs Administrator.

Reporting should include as much information as possible, including:

  • names of the individuals involved

    • all available contact information for the individuals involved:

    • phone numbers (e.g., cell, home, office)

    • email address(es)

    • emergency contact information

  • student information (if applicable):

    • classes

    • clubs

    • residence hall room number

    • friends and/or faculty members and their respective contact information

  • the date and time of the following:

    • diagnosis and/or symptoms

    • treatment

    • campus notification

Members of the University community who become aware of a student or an employee who has contracted an infectious disease that can be spread through casual contact are also encouraged to contact the campus Health Services Director or the Executive Director of Human Resources, as appropriate, with that information.

The campus Health Services Director is responsible for notifying the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (as required), and other appropriate campus officials via e-mail or phone, and for notifying the University Director of Environmental, Health, Safety, and Risk Man- agement and the University Director of Mental Health and Wellness Services via e-mail to healthreporting@mail.cuny.edu. If the Health Services Director is unavailable, the Chief Student Affairs Administrator is responsible for cases involving students and the Executive Director of Human Resources is responsible for cases involving employees.

Confidentiality of personal information, including medical information and the name of the individual, must be respected to the fullest extent possible. Such information shall be dis- closed only on a need-to-know basis.

If contact tracking is required, the campus Health Services Director is responsible for coordinating with NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the campus Registrar and the Chief Student Affairs Administrator, for students, or the Director of Human Resources, for employees. Once contact tracking is complete, or if contact tracking is not required, the campus Health Services Director must document the tracking or the decision not to track.