Communicable Diseases
The following are communicable diseases that may require exclusion from school:
CHICKEN POX .................................... 7 days after eruption of vesicles.
(All must be scabbed over.)
CONJUNCTIVITIS ............................... 24 hours after the start of treatment.
DIPHTHERIA....................................... 14 days from onset, or negative culture
FIFTH DISEASE ................................... NO exclusion.
IMPETIGO .......................................... 24 hours after the start of treatment.
(Must be covered while in school.)
RINGWORM ........................................ 24 hours after the start of treatment.
(Must be covered while in school.)
MEASLES ........................................... Return to school only with a doctor’s note.
MUMPS .............................................. Return to school only with a doctor’s note.
PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH)........... 7 days after the start of treatment
SCARLET FEVER ................................. 24 hours after the start of treatment.
SCABIES ............................................ 24 hours after the start of treatment.
STREP THROAT .................................. 24 hours after the start of treatment.
