Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3364 - University of Toledo › Chapter 3364-30 - Social Events; Housing; Aid; and Mandatory Tuberculosis Screening › Section 3364-30-54 - Mandatory tuberculosis screening of students from world health organization-designated high tuberculosis prevalence countries

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy statement
Commencing with fall semester 2017 all incoming students with
				country of birth, country of citizenship, or application address indicating
				time spent in a country of high tuberculosis (TB)
				incidence per the world health organization (WHO)
				will be subject to mandatory onsite screening for active tuberculosis. ("high
				incidence" areas are defined as having reported or estimated incidence of
				twenty or more cases per one hundred thousand population.) Students who do not
				comply with this screening requirement will have holds placed on subsequent
				registration.
Incoming students with suspicion of active tuberculosis, with a
				positive symptom screen and/or abnormal x-ray suspicious or active
				tuberculosis, will be referred for immediate university of Toledo
				(UT) specialist consultation for further
				evaluation. Students with active tuberculosis should expect to be isolated and
				treated.
(B) Purpose of
			 policy
Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly disease, which in
				humans is caused primarily by the microorganism, mycobacterium tuberculosis.
				Tuberculosis is spread through the air, when people who have the disease cough,
				sneeze, or spit. If left untreated, tuberculosis kills more than half of its
				victims. Identification and treatment of active tuberculosis is important for
				protecting the health of individuals as well as the public.
(C) Scope
This policy applies to all students at the university of Toledo
				arriving from countries with high incidence of tuberculosis.
(D) Procedure
(1) The university will communicate this
			 mandatory tuberculosis screening policy to all future and incoming
			 international applicants and students born in or arriving from the world health
			 organization list of high tuberculosis prevalence countries. The communications
			 will be coordinated among the various offices responsible for the policy,
			 including the offices of undergraduate admissions, graduate admissions,
			 center for international
			 
									studies and programs, the student health clinics, the
			 provosts' offices, and student affairs on both campuses, as well as the
			 university's website and other communication vehicles.
(2) Effective for fall semester 2017
			 registration, tuberculosis registration holds will be placed on all admitted
			 incoming students for whom the policy applies until mandatory onsite
			 tuberculosis screening questionnaire and any necessary follow-up has been
			 completed.
(3) Screening
			 questionnaires will be given to students via application packets to be
			 completed prior to the student's arrival on campus. Students will be provided questionnaires via an online form
			 as a portion of the orientation process.
(4) Screening procedure
(a) If the symptom screen is negative,
			 screening is complete; the student then is permitted to register and attend
			 classes.
(b) Students who have a
			 positive symptom screen will be referred to student health services on either
			 campus for further evaluation by a provider, which may include chest x-ray. The
			 student should call for an appointment. If that evaluation is negative for
			 active tuberculosis the registration hold will be removed.
(c) Incoming or current students with active
			 tuberculosis, will be subject to mandatory tuberculosis isolation. Students
			 with active tuberculosis should expect to be isolated, and treated for at least
			 two weeks, during which time most patients are expected to respond favorably.
			 In rare cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis, the treatment period and
			 isolation will be extended. Cases of active tuberculosis must be referred to
			 the Lucas county health department, who will oversee contact identification and
			 testing and any additional treatment. Depending on the required time for
			 treatment and isolation, it might be necessary for a student to take a medical
			 drop or be placed on a medical leave of absence, though alternative means for
			 completing course requirements, including distance learning, will be considered
			 whenever possible.