The school nurse is responsible for determining medical removal from school. These criteria may be used as a guide for when it is best to dismiss someone from school or keep your student home for health reasons.
1. Fever at or greater than 100 degrees. This is an indication that an infectious process is taking place and therefore may expose others to the illness. Should be fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication intervention, before returning to school.
2. Persistent vomiting. Should be emesis free for 24 hours before returning to school.
3. Persistent Diarrhea Should be free of diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school.
4. Rashes of a determined or undetermined nature if symptomatology is indicative of a contagious disease.
5. Complaints of persistent earache or drainage from the ear canal, with or without an accompanying fever.
6. Complaints of persistent pain such as abdominal or stomach pain, severe headache, sore throat, chest pain etc.
7. Post seizure complications, which render the individual unable to handle daily routine school programming.
8. Medical conditions such as persistent nosebleeds (>20 minutes), eye infections, severe protracted coughing and urinary pain.
9. Evidence of lice (including nits), scabies or other contagious parasitic infections.
10. Difficulty or rapid breathing with or without accompanying cyanosis that is not relieved with rest.
11. All other illness or injuries determined by assessment, medical history, or lack of treatment constitutes a health risk.
The need for a return to school physician statement will be at the discretion of the school nurse.
Criteria for Removal from School
