New Protocols for COVID-19
On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a bill ending the COVID-19 National Emergency. On May 11, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rescinded the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. The State of Arizona has pulled back most of its mandates and reporting protocols have been discontinued.
Based on these actions, Maricopa County Community Colleges will no longer require online reporting of COVID-like symptoms or positive diagnoses.
A Community of Caring
We depend on each other to sustain a healthy campus and workplace. As a member of the Maricopa Community Colleges, your safety and well-being are our top priorities. While our campuses have returned to normal operation, we recognize that implementing best practices will promote a healthy environment, moving forward.
To this end, we hope that employees and students will continue to responsibly follow the CDC’s isolation guidelines as they pertain to COVID-19 symptoms and positive diagnoses, which includes:
- Isolating yourself from campus for a minimum of five days from the onset of symptoms or the date of the positive test sample was collected (if asymptomatic)
- Not returning to campus/District Office until all three of the following criteria have been met:
- A minimum five days have passed since the onset of symptoms or positive test result
- Symptoms have improved
- You have been free of fever for at least 24 hours
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are asymptomatic, you do not have to quarantine. You should monitor your health for COVID like symptoms for ten days following the exposure. If you are or you become symptomatic, isolate from Maricopa Community Colleges properties until you meet the following criteria:
- At least 5 days since symptoms first appeared
- At least 24 hours with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medication
- Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving or have completely resolved (and no new symptoms appear)
Neither employees nor students need approval from Risk Management to end their self-isolation. As long as you meet the following criteria, you may return:
- A minimum of 5 days has passed since the onset of symptoms or the date of your COVID-19 test sample was collected (if positive), whichever was earlier and
- Your symptoms have improved or completely resolved and
- At least 24 hours have passed with no fever (without the use of fever reducing medication)
No, the online reporting forms have been disabled.
Contact
If you have any questions, contact Risk Management at dl-dssc-risk-management@domail.maricopa.edu.