Students or staff who have a reportable communicable disease will not be allowed to attend school.
If a reportable communicable disease has been introduced into a campus, the nursing staff will notify parents/guardians of students on that campus. The local Board of Health will also be notified, in accordance with MGL Ch. 71, Sec. 55A.
If diagnosis of a reportable communicable disease is made by a consulting physician, the Medical Director will be notified and consulted regarding appropriate precautionary procedures.

A list of reportable Communicable and other infectious diseases follows.

REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE MASSACHUSETTS DPH
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

HIV infection and AIDS (617) 983-6560

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (617) 983-6940

Chanchrold Ophthalmia neonatorum:
Chlamydial infections (genital) a. Gonoccocal
Genital Warts b. Other agents
Gonorrhea Pelvic Inflammatory disease
Granuloma inguinale a. Gonococcal
Herpes, neonatal (onset within 30 days b. Other agents
after birth)
Lymphogranuloma venereum Syphilis

Tuberculosis suspect and confirmed cases: Report within 24 hours to (617) 983-6989 or
Toll Free (1-888) MASS-MTB (627-7682) or
Confidential Fax (617) 983-6990

Latent tuberculosis infection: Confidential Fax (617) 983-6990 or
Mall report to:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Division of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

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REPORTABLE DISEASES PRIMARILY ASCERTAINED THROUGH LABORATORY REPORTING OF EVIDENCE OF INFECTION

Please work with the laboratories you utilize for diagnostic testing to assure complete reporting.

Amebiasis
Babesiosis
Calicvirus infection
Campylobacteriosis
Cholera
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporlasis
Dengue fever virus
Eastern equine encephahtis virus
E. coil 0157:H7
Enteroviruses (from CSF)
Giardiasis
Group A streptococcus, invasive infection
Group B streptococcus, invasive infection
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis – infectious, not otherwise specified
Evidence of human prion disease
Influenza
Legionellosis
Listeriosis
Malaria
Salmonellosis
Shiga toxin-producing organisms
Shigellosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive
infection /
Toxoplasmosis
West Nile virus
Yellow fever virus
Yersiniosis