What is the policy regarding illnesses and staying at home?
• Uncontrolled diarrhea: 2 or more occurrences in a day. (stool runs out of the diaper or the child cannot get to the toilet in time.) The child may return after 24 hours diarrhea free and after a normal stool. If a child is on medication that includes diarrhea as a side effect, the child may return to school with a doctor’s note. However, if the stool runs out of the diaper, causing unsanitary conditions, the child will not be allowed to return to the Center until the diarrhea is controlled. • If a child has vomited more than once in a 24 hour period, the child may not return until 24 hours after the vomiting has ceased or a health professional determines that the child may return to child care. • Mouth sores with drooling, or other open sores unless a health professional determines the child’s illness is not a communicable illness. • Rash with fever or behavior change until a health professional determines that the child may be in childcare. • Pink eye with white or yellow eye discha
