South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations18—Infectious diseases and special leave
(1) Where a teacher is
absent from duty and produces a medical certificate that he or she is
suffering from one of the diseases set out in subregulation (3), and that
certificate is supported by a statement from the head teacher that in all
probability the disease was contracted by the teacher while on duty, as a
result of his or her contact with the children or staff of the school, the
teacher will be granted special leave with pay not debited to sick leave
credits.
(2) The leave granted
under this regulation shall not exceed fifty-two weeks, either at one time or
in broken periods, for a particular disease.
(3) The diseases
accepted for the purpose of this regulation are chicken pox, diphtheria,
erysipelas, glandular fever, herpetic whitlow, infectious hepatitis,
infectious mononucleosis, measles, meningitis, mumps, poliomyelitis, rubella,
scarlet fever, staphylococcal infection, typhoid, whooping cough, and such
other diseases as the Minister may determine by publication in the Education
Gazette.