First time poster!
For our child care center, if any child has a fever (over 100°), they need to either get a COVID test done and if it's negative they can return 48 hours after the fever has gone down, without taking medication.
If they do not want to get a COVID test done, they have to wait 10 days once the fever has gone down. So far, any child that has had a fever has gotten a COVID test. Then they send me a copy of the negative results before returning. These are our state requirements.
When parents ask if they need to keep them home or still get a test even if it's just teething, I tell them that I've spoken with the health department and because we can't say with 100% certainty that it's from teething they are required to follow the same rules. When you say the health department, they seem to take it more seriously than it just being our center rule/personal preference.
