{"id":"FL-032","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Health, Division of Disease Control","authority":"s. 1003.22(3), Fla. Stat.; s. 120.54(4) (emergency rule); EO 21-175","instrument":"Emergency Rule 64DER21-12","title":"Protocols for Controlling COVID-19 in School Settings","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-08-06 (published F.A.R. Aug. 9, 2021)","end":"Repealed and replaced by 64DER21-15 on Sept. 22, 2021","startDate":"2021-08-06","endDate":"2021-09-22","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","QUAR","MASK"],"addressees":["all public schools and school districts","students and parents"],"clause":"(1)(d) Students may wear masks or facial coverings as a mitigation measure; however, the school must allow for a parent or legal guardian of the student to opt-out the student from wearing a face covering or mask.... (2)... Students experiencing any symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or who have received a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19 should not attend school... until: (a) The student receives a negative diagnostic COVID-19 test and is asymptomatic; or (b) Ten days have passed... (3) PROTOCOLS FOR STUDENTS WITH EXPOSURE TO COVID-19. Students who are known to have been in direct contact with an individual who received a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19 should not attend school, school-sponsored activities, or be on school property until: (a) The student is asymptomatic and receives a negative diagnostic COVID-19 test after four days from the date of last exposure...; or (b) The student is asymptomatic and seven days have passed since the date of last exposure... (5) Any COVID-19 testing of minors at school requires informed written consent from a parent or legal guardian.... EFFECTIVE DATE: August 6, 2021","enforcement":"s. 1003.22(3); EO 21-175 s. 3 (Commissioner to withhold State funds from noncompliant school boards); State Board of Education orders of Aug. 17 and Oct. 7, 2021","functions":["WF parents of exposed students kept home four to seven days","IN in-person instruction conditions","EC extended care","SCH school masking rules"],"notes":"Adopted at the Governor\u0027s direction (FL-063); challenged by school boards (rule challenges filed Sept. 2021, per flrules.org).","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/notice_Files.asp?ID=24859371","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":157800,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-032","citation":"Department of Health, Division of Disease Control, Emergency Rule 64DER21-12 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. FL-032)","stateName":"Florida","related":["FL-063","DUT-FL-001","FL-033"]}