| (a) The school administrator shall exclude from attendance
any child having or suspected of having a communicable condition.
Exclusion shall continue until the readmission criteria for the conditions
are met. The conditions and readmission criteria are as follows:
(1) amebiasis--exclude until treatment is initiated;
(2) campylobacteriosis--exclude until after diarrhea
free for 24 hours without the use of diarrhea suppressing medications
and fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications;
(3) chickenpox--exclude until the lesions become dry
or if lesions are not vesicular, until 24 hours have passed with no
new lesions occurring;
(4) common cold--exclude until fever free for 24 hours
without the use of fever suppressing medications;
(5) conjunctivitis, bacterial and/or viral--exclude
until permission and/or permit is issued by a physician or local health
authority or until symptom free;
(6) fever--exclude until fever free for 24 hours without
use of fever suppressing medications;
(7) fifth disease (erythema infectiosum)--exclude until
fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications;
(8) gastroenteritis--exclude until diarrhea free for
24 hours without the use of diarrhea suppressing medications;
(9) giardiasis--exclude until diarrhea free for 24
hours without the use of diarrhea suppressing medications;
(10) hepatitis A--exclude until one week after onset
of illness;
(11) infections (wounds, skin, and soft tissue)--exclude
until drainage from wounds or skin and soft tissue infections is contained
and maintained in a clean dry bandage; restrict from situations that
could result in the infected area becoming exposed, wet, soiled, or
otherwise compromised;
(12) infectious mononucleosis--exclude until physician
decides or fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing
medications;
(13) influenza--exclude until fever free for 24 hours
without the use of fever suppressing medications;
(14) measles (rubeola)--exclude until four days after
rash onset or in the case of an outbreak, unimmunized children should
also be excluded until at least two weeks after the onset of the last
rash;
(15) meningitis, bacterial--exclude until written permission
and/or permit is issued by a physician or local health authority;
(16) meningitis, viral--exclude until fever free for
24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications;
(17) mumps--exclude until five days after the onset
of swelling;
(18) pertussis (whooping cough)--exclude until completion
of five days of antibiotic therapy;
(19) ringworm--none, if infected area can be completely
covered by clothing or a bandage, otherwise exclude until treatment
has begun;
(20) rubella (German measles)--exclude until seven
days after rash onset or in the case of an outbreak, unimmunized children
should be excluded until at least three weeks after the onset of the
last rash;
(21) salmonellosis--exclude until diarrhea free for
24 hours without the use of diarrhea suppressing medications and fever
free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications;
(22) scabies--exclude until treatment has begun;
(23) shigellosis--exclude until diarrhea free for 24
hours without the use of diarrhea suppressing medications and fever
free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications;
(24) streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever--exclude
until 24 hours from time antibiotic treatment was begun and fever
free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications;
and
(25) tuberculosis, pulmonary--exclude until antibiotic
treatment has begun and a physician's certificate or health permit
obtained.
(b) The school administrator shall exclude from attendance
any child having or suspected of having a communicable disease designated
by the Commissioner of Health (commissioner) as cause for exclusion
until one of the criteria listed in subsection (c) of this section
is fulfilled.
(c) Any child excluded for reason of communicable disease
may be readmitted, as determined by the health authority, by:
(1) submitting a certificate of the attending physician,
advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant attesting that the
child does not currently have signs or symptoms of a communicable
disease or to the disease's non-communicability in a school setting;
(2) submitting a permit for readmission issued by a
local health authority; or
(3) meeting readmission criteria as established by
the commissioner.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §97.7 adopted to be effective March 16, 1994, 19 TexReg 1453; amended to be effective December 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 12426; amended to be effective June 5, 2007, 32 TexReg 2997; amended to be effective November 3, 2009, 34 TexReg 7650; amended to be effective December 20, 2012, 37 TexReg 9777 |
