Does a staff member need a note from their health care provider to prove that they are sick and need to stay home or that they are healthy and can return to the early childhood program?
No, a note from a health care provider’s office or health care provider should not be required. Health care facilities may be very busy during flu season and it will be hard to provide these notes. Under current flu conditions, if a staff member has symptoms of flu they should stay home until they are free of fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.8 degrees Celsius measured by mouth) for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medicines. This will usually be about 3 to 5 days. Under more severe flu conditions, staff with symptoms of flu should stay home for at least 7 days, even if symptoms go away sooner. People who are still sick after 7 days should continue to stay home until at least 24 hours after symptoms have gone away.
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