Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3342 - Kent State University › Chapter 3342-5 - Administrative Policies In General › Section 3342-5-14.2 - Administrative policy regarding epidemic, pandemic, and community health requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Purpose. This policy is intended to
			 provide Kent state university with the ability to take certain community health
			 measures to respond to a public health emergency related to a transmittable
			 disease, epidemic, and/or pandemic that may affect the health and safety of
			 persons associated with Kent state university.
(B) Scope. This  policy applies to all faculty, staff,
			 students and student organizations while conducting any activities on or off
			 campus ("community members") and to visitors of Kent state university while
			 present at any university location.
(C) Implementation.
(1) Authority to establish health
			 requirements. The president, in consultation with the university chief
			 physician ('UCP'), shall hold the authority to establish specific health
			 requirements for community members and/or visitors appropriate to community
			 health risks as recommended by the United States department of health and human
			 services centers for disease control and prevention ('CDC') or the Ohio
			 department of health. All community members of any campus of Kent state
			 university shall be required to comply with all specific health requirements
			 promulgated under this policy as may be prescribed by the president pursuant to
			 an identified community health risk. The president will communicate via
			 electronic mail to community members all specific health requirements
			 promulgated under this policy. All specific health requirements will also be
			 posted on the Kent state university website to provide notice to visitors of
			 the specific health requirements that are applicable to their visit.
(2) Modifications or rescission of specific
			 health requirements. The president shall hold the authority to modify or
			 rescind any previously established specific health requirements for community
			 members and/or visitors. The president or the UCP will communicate any
			 modifications or rescissions of all specific health requirements promulgated
			 under this policy via electronic mail to Kent state university faculty, staff,
			 and students. Modifications and rescissions will also be posted on the Kent
			 state university website to provide notice to visitors of the specific health
			 requirements that are applicable to their visit.
(3) Public health orders. In the event that
			 the Ohio department of health or other authorities with jurisdiction under Ohio
			 law issue orders, directives or other mandatory guidance (for example, public
			 health orders signed by the director of the Ohio department of health) that
			 imposes restrictions upon or mandates certain actions by members of the
			 university community and/or visitors that are similar to the matters addressed
			 or promulgated by this policy, it is the intention of this policy that the more
			 stringent restriction or requirement apply. To the extent that there is a
			 conflict between a public health order and any provision of this policy, the
			 public health order will control.