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COMMUNICABLE DISEASE POLICY

I. Students who are exposed to a communicable disease

Students who are notified of an exposure to a communicable disease while attending clinical education courses must do the following:

1. Notify the clinical instructor as soon as possible.
2. Notify the program director of the diagnostic medical sonography program as soon as possible.
3. Follow the guidelines and protocols set up by the Clinical Education Center they are attending.
4. Complete a communicable disease form that will be placed in the student's file in the program director's office.
5. A student, who is then diagnosed with the communicable disease, must follow part II, as seen below.

II. Students who are diagnosed with a communicable disease

1. Students enrolled in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program are required to notify the program director if they are diagnosed with a communicable disease. The student must complete a communicable disease form that will be placed in the student's file in the program director's office.
2. The student's confidentiality will be protected to a certain degree, mainly to those on a need to know basis. This will depend on what the communicable
   disease is and if it will affect the health and welfare of others.
3. The Program Director will in turn notify the Clinical Instructor and they will counsel with the infection control department of the Clinical Education Center. When necessary the student will attend a counseling session with the infection control department.
4. Depending on the severity of the disease and the student's physician, the student may be required to withdraw from the clinical education course and/or the diagnostic medical sonography program.
5. Failure to report a communicable disease to the program director may result in dismissal from the diagnostic medical sonography program, depending on the nature of the communicable disease.

Policy: 2002
Reviewed 2025