Official Statement Relating to Students with Contagious Diseases

South Texas College recognizes that contagious diseases are a serious threat to public health and is committed to encouraging an informed and educated response to issues and questions concerning these diseases.

In accordance with Policy FFAC (LOCAL) – Wellness and Health Services: Communicable Diseases, the College shall not discriminate in enrollment against any student solely on the ground that the student has a communicable disease. A member of the student body of the College shall not be denied access to a College District facility, program, function, or campus activity solely on the grounds that the student has a communicable disease.

The College reserves the right to exclude a person with a communicable disease from College facilities, programs, functions, and campus activities if the College makes a medically based determination that the restriction is necessary for the welfare of the person who has the communicable disease and/or the welfare of the other members of the College District community.

The College shall comply with all pertinent statutes and regulations that protect the privacy of persons in the College District community who have a communicable disease. The College District shall ensure that procedural safeguards sufficient to maintain the strictest confidence about persons who have HIV infection are in effect throughout the College District.