MEDICAL EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOL/REASONS TO STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL

• Nurse's judgment or parental discretion
• Fever over 100 orally within 24hr without fever reducing medications
• Active vomiting within 24hr
• Diarrhea within 24hr
• Swollen or painful joints from injury
• Severe earache
• Suspected contagious diseases (until on treatment for 24 - 48hrs)chicken pox
• Flu or viral symptoms
• conjunctivitis (pink eye) with drainage
• pediculosis (head lice)
• scabies
• undiagnosed rashes
• untreated and uncovered ringworm
• Injury or illness requiring further immediate treatment. Antibiotic treatments of less than 24 hours and possibility that student may be communicable to others.
• Suspected substance abuse
• Preschoolers: continual yellow or green drainage from nose that is unable to be contained or cared for