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Communicable Diseases
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It is imperative that the health office be notified if your child contracts a
common diseases:- Chicken Pox: Excluded until at least six days after the last outbreak of “pox”.
- Conjunctivitis, Acute (“Pink Eye”): Excluded until prescribed treatment has been given for 24 hrs.
- Head Lice: Excluded until treated with a pediculocide shampoo and combed for nit removal. A parent is required to accompany the student to the health office with the pediculocide box or container for a recheck after treatment, before the student is readmitted to class.
- Impetigo: Excluded until judged non-infective by the child’s physician or the school nurse.
- Measles: Excluded until four days from onset of rash.
- Mumps: Excluded nine days from the onset or until swelling subsides.
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough): Excluded four weeks from onset or seven days from start of antibiotic treatment.
- Ringworm: Excluded until judged non-infective by the child’s physician or the school nurse.
- Rubella (German Measles): Excluded four days from the onset of rash.
- Scabies: Excluded until determined to be non-infective by the child’s physician or the school nurse.
- Streptococcal Pharyngitis (Strep Throat and Scarlet Fever): Excluded until 24 hours after treatment has begun
Central Bucks also reserves the right to exclude children from school based on the following criteria:- Illness that prevents the child from participating in activities.
- Fever (100° or higher). Students may not return to school until free of fever without fever medication for 24 hours.
- Diarrhea or vomiting during the previous 24 hours. Student may not return to school until appetite has returned to normal.
- Rash with a fever.
- Other conditions deemed appropriate after assessment by the certified school nurse and/or the staff nurse.
- Chicken Pox: Excluded until at least six days after the last outbreak of “pox”.