Administrative Guidelines

It is the responsibility of the Superintendent to:

1)     Have a written Exposure Control Program based on New York State Department of Health (DOH),  New  York  State  Education  Department  (SED),  and  Occupational  Safety  and Health  Administration  (OSHA)  or New  York State Public Employee  Safety and Health (PESH) Program guidelines;

2)      Determine  which employees  regularly  perform  tasks with the potential  for occupational exposure as a requirement of employment. (see Federal Guidelines);

3)     Have  written  Standard  Operating  Procedures  (SOP's)  for all employee  job descriptions, giving specific attention to those tasks that require protective equipment to be worn (see Exposure Categories);

4)      Provide  all materials and protective  equipment  necessary to implement  job descriptions, giving specific attention to those tasks that require protective equipment to be worn (see Exposure Categories);

5)     Designate a qualified person to coordinate, implement and provide education and training for  all  employees.  In  many  situations  that  person  would  be  the  school's  registered professional nurse;

6)      Support on-going continuing education for the designated individual that is responsible for employee education/training;

7)     Provide  education/training  for  all  school  staff  and  for  new  employees  before  potential exposure to blood/body fluids:

a.       Training must include all necessary elements as described in the Federal Register. b.       Each employee must receive annual training updates.

8)      Have  a  written  procedure  of  accountability   for  compliance  to  the  Exposure  Control Program;

9)      Review the program, training, implementation, etc. on an annual basis;10)   Maintain  employee  education/training  records  that  include  date  of  training,  contents  or summary  of training sessions,  names and job titles of all persons in attendance,  and the names and qualifications of persons conducting the training. Training records shall be maintained for three (3) years;