JustVisiting
02-06-2008, 08:59 AM
Does any know what are the facility's requirements/responsibility for notifying parents when something contagious is going through the school (chicken pox)?
michael
02-06-2008, 07:33 PM
You don't say what state you are in. Here is what Texas standards say:
It is the facilities obligation to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
Required Notifications
You must notify the licensing agency and Texas Department of Health in writing, no later than five days when you become aware that an employee or child in your care contracts an illness that the law requires you to report to the Texas Department of Health (TDH) as specified in 25 TAC 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Diseases);
c) You must notify all parents of children in the child-care center in writing and within 48 hours of becoming aware that a child in your care or an employee has contracted a communicable disease that the law requires you to report to the Texas Department of Health as specified in 25 TAC 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Diseases).