SECTION 800 - HUMAN RESOURCES
802.50 AIDS GUIDELINES
1. Georgia Perimeter College students
will receive educational programs on the prevention of AIDS. Current, reliable information will be easily
accessible to the student.
2. Georgia Perimeter College students
and employees who have AIDS or are HIV positive may attend classes or continue
work as long as they are physically and psychologically able to do so. Response will be made on a case-by-case basis.
3. The rights of students with AIDS will
be protected. Harassment of these
students will not be tolerated.
Confidential information will be handled with extraordinary care. No specific information concerning
complaints or diagnosis is to be provided to faculty, administrators, agencies or
parents without the expressed written consent of the student unless compelled
by law.
4. Georgia Perimeter College will
provide confidential referrals to any student requesting AIDS counseling
assistance programs.
5. Applicants will not be denied general
college admissions or employment because they have AIDS or are HIV positive.
6. Georgia Perimeter College will abide
by the current safety guidelines adopted by the Center for Disease Control and
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the handling of body
fluids and potentially infective waste.
A program of education will be established to introduce new employees
involved in instructions in Biology laboratories, the Nursing program, the
Dental Hygiene program, and in Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to the
procedures.
7. A Georgia Perimeter College review
committee composed of the Assistant Director of Wellness, the Chair of the
Nursing Department, the Chair of Dental Hygiene, the Program Coordinator of
Fire Management, the Vice President for Student Affairs, and the Provosts will
hear individual cases and make recommendations to the President.
Revised AdCab 10/11/88
Revised 7/27/00
Approved by College Advisory Board 7/27/00