Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-37 - Child Day-Care Programs › Section 3301-37-11 - Management of communicable disease

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A person trained to recognize the common
			 signs of communicable disease or other illness shall observe each child daily
			 as he enters a group. A "person trained to recognize the common signs of
			 communicable disease" means any person trained in prevention, recognition, and
			 management of communicable diseases as required by paragraph (D) of rule
			 3301-37-07
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B) The
			 following precautions shall be taken for children suspected of having a
			 communicable disease:
(1) The program shall
			 immediately notify the parent or guardian of the child's condition when a child
			 has been observed with signs or symptoms of illness.
(2) A child with any of the following signs
			 or symptoms of illness shall be immediately isolated and discharged to his
			 parent or guardian:
(a) Diarrhea (three or more abnormally loosestools within a twenty-four-hour period);
(b) Severe coughing, causing the child to
			 become red or blue in the face or to make a whooping sound;
(c) Difficult or rapid breathing;
(d) Yellowish skin or eyes;
(e)
										 Redness of
			 the eye or eyelid, thick and purulent (pus) eye discharge, matted eyelashes,
			 burning, itching or eye pain;
(f) Temperature of one hundred degrees
			 Fahrenheit taken by the auxiliary method when in combination with other signs
			 of illness;
(g) Untreated infected
			 skin patch(es);
(h) Unusually dark
			 urine and/or grey or white stool;
(i)
			 Stiff neck with an elevated temperature;
(j) Evidence of untreated lice, scabies, or other parasitic
			 infestation;
(k)
										Sore throat or difficulty swallowing;
			 or
(l)
										Vomiting more than one time or when accompanied by any
			 other sign or symptom of illness.
(3) A child with any of the following signs
			 or symptoms of illness shall be immediately isolated from other children.
			 Decisions regarding whether the child should be discharged immediately or at
			 some other time during the day shall be determined by the director and the
			 parent or guardian. The child, while isolated at the program, shall be
			 carefully watched for symptoms listed in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule as well
			 as the following:
(a) Unusual spots or
			 rashes; or
(b) Elevated
			 temperature.
(4) Programs shall
			 follow the Ohio department of health's posted " communicable disease chart"
			 
			 for appropriate management of suspected illnesses.
(5) A child isolated due to suspected
			 communicable disease shall be:
(a) Cared for
			 in a room or portion of a room not being used in the preschool
			 program;
(b) Within sight and
			 hearing of an adult at all times. No child shall ever be left alone or
			 unsupervised;
(c) Made comfortable
			 and provided with a cot/mat or crib for infants.
			 All linens
			 and blankets used by the ill child shall be laundered before being used by
			 another child. After use, the cots shall be disinfected with an appropriate
			 germicidal agent, or, if soiled with blood, feces, vomit, or other body fluids,
			 the cots shall be cleaned with soap and water and then disinfected with an
			 appropriate germicidal agent;
(d)
			 Observed carefully for worsening condition; and
(e) Discharged to parent, guardian, or person
			 designated by the parent or guardian as soon as practical.