Health Practices – Child, staff, and household member illness Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major Conflicts with ECEAP, revisions; Concerns; Head Start, Schools Suggested Alternate District Standards and Language Practices WAC 170-296A-3210 WAC 170-295-3030 170-300-0205 Contagious disease procedure When is a child or staff Child, staff, and household (1) When the licensee becomes member too ill to be at child member illness. aware that he or she, a care? An early learning provider household member, staff (1) Your staff must check all must check all children for person or child in care has children for signs of illness signs of illness when they been diagnosed with any of the when they arrive at the center arrive at the early learning contagious diseases described and throughout the day. program and throughout the in WAC 246-110-010, the (2) You must exclude children day. Parents or guardians of licensee must, within and staff with the following a child should be notified as four hours notify: symptoms from care: soon as possible if the child (a) The local health jurisdiction (a) Diarrhea (three or more develops signs or symptoms or DOH, except notice is not watery stools or one bloody of illness. Weight #6 required for a diagnosis of stool within twenty-four chickenpox or conjunctivitis; hours); If an early learning (b) The department; and (b) Vomiting (two or more provider becomes ill, a (c) Parents or guardians of times within twenty-four Licensee, Center Director, each of the children in care. hours); Assistant Director, or (2) The licensee must follow (c) Open or oozing sores, Program Supervisor must the health plan before unless properly covered with determine whether that providing care or before cloths or with bandages; person should be required readmitting the household (d) For suspected contagious to leave the premises. member, staff person or child skin infection such as impetigo Weight #6 into the child care. and scabies: The child may (3) The licensee's health plan return twenty-four hours after When a child becomes ill, a must include provisions for starting antibiotic treatment; Licensee, Center Director, excluding or separating a child, and Assistant Director, or
Health Practices – Child, staff, and household member illness Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major revisions; Concerns; Suggested Alternate Language Conflicts with ECEAP, Head Start, Schools District Standards and Practices WAC 170-296A-3210 Contagious disease procedure (1) When the licensee becomes aware that he or she, a household member, staff person or child in care has been diagnosed with any of the contagious diseases described in WAC 246-110-010, the licensee must, within hours notify: (a) The local health jurisdiction or DOH, except notice is not required for a diagnosis of chickenpox or conjunctivitis; (b) The department; and (c) Parents or guardians of each of the children in care. (2) The licensee must follow the health plan before providing care or before readmitting the household member, staff person or child into the child care. (3) The licensee's health plan must include provisions for excluding or separating a child, WAC 170-295-3030 When is a child or staff member too ill to be at child care? (1) Your staff must check all children for signs of illness when they arrive at the center and throughout the day. (2) You must exclude children and staff with the following symptoms from care: (a) Diarrhea (three or more watery stools or one bloody stool within twenty-four hours); (b) Vomiting (two or more times within twenty-four hours); (c) Open or oozing sores, unless properly covered with cloths or with bandages; (d) For suspected contagious skin infection such as impetigo and scabies: The child may return twenty-four hours after starting antibiotic treatment; and 170-300-0205 Child, staff, and household member illness. An early learning provider must check all children for signs of illness when they arrive at the early learning program and throughout the day. Parents or guardians of a child should be notified as soon as possible if the child develops signs or symptoms of illness. Weight #6 If an early learning provider becomes ill, a Licensee, Center Director, Assistant Director, or Program Supervisor must determine whether that person should be required to leave the premises. Weight #6 When a child becomes ill, a Licensee, Center Director, Assistant Director, or four
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