COVID Attendance Policy

If you test positive for COVID, regardless of vaccination status:

Submit an online attendance request form.
Stay home for five days and wear a mask if around other people.
*IF you are fever-free for the prior 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medicines) and your other symptoms are mild and improving, you can leave your home after the five-day isolation period.
Continue to wear a high-quality mask around others for five additional days. Masks are available in the Dean’s Suite and at the circulation desk in the law library.
If you have a fever or your symptoms have not improved at the end of five days, submit another online attendance request form.

If you have COVID symptoms:

Submit an online attendance request form.
Test as soon as possible. You can test at the Baylor Health Center or purchase tests from a local pharmacy.
You may attend classes online for one day, with an approved online attendance request form, to allow you time to test for COVID.
You may return to classes with a negative test.
Even with a negative test, continue to wear a high-quality mask while your symptoms persist. Masks are available in the Dean’s Suite and at the circulation desk in the law library.

If you are exposed to someone with COVID:

Wear a high-quality mask around others for ten days. Masks are available in the Dean’s Suite and at the circulation desk in the law library.
Test on day five.
Baylor Law no longer approves online attendance requests for exposure to COVID.
If you develop symptoms, submit an online attendance request form for symptoms and get tested.

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