3341-1-11. Community health requirements

(A) Policy statement and purpose

Our faculty, staff, and students are all members of the Bowling Green state university community. Being part of a public university for the public good means that each member has an obligation to protect personal health as well as the health of other members of the community. To reduce the risk of exposure to serious illness from infectious disease, each member has a vital role in limiting the spread of infectious diseases.

(B) Policy scope

This policy applies to all faculty, staff, students, and visitors of the university while present at any university location or function.

(C) Policy

The president, or their designee, in consultation with the chief health officer, has the authority to establish specific health requirements for faculty, staff, students, and visitors appropriate to current community health risks as recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention or the Ohio department of health. Each member of the BGSU community must comply with all specific health requirements promulgated under this policy that may be prescribed by the president pursuant to an identified community health risk. The president or the chief health officer will communicate via electronic mail to BGSU faculty, staff, and students all specific health requirements promulgated under this policy. All specific health requirements in effect will also be posted on the university policy website maintained by the office of general counsel athttps://www.bgsu.edu/general-counsel/university-policies.html.

(D) Modification or rescission of specific health requirements

The president, or their designee, has authority to modify or rescind any previously established specific health requirements for faculty, staff, students, and visitors. The president or the chief health officer will communicate any modifications or rescissions of all specific health requirements promulgated under this policy via electronic mail to BGSU faculty, staff, and students. Modifications and rescissions will also be noted on the university policy website maintained by the office of general counsel athttps://www.bgsu.edu/general-counsel/university-policies.html.

(E) Action

Each person within the BGSU community must comply with all specific health requirements promulgated under this policy. Failure to comply with this policy and established requirements may result in disciplinary action under the code of student conduct or the applicable employee discipline process. Visitors failing to comply with the policy may be prohibited from remaining on or returning to campus.

Effective: 7/30/2020
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3345
Rule Amplifies: 3345