COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Children suffering from infection diseases shall be excluded for the periods described in the
following table.
| Chicken Pox | Until fully recovered or until at least one week after the eruption |
| Conjunctivitis | Until discharge from eyes has ceased |
| Diptheria | Until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection |
| German Measles (Rubella) | Until fully recovered or at least 5 days after the onset of the rash |
| Head Lice | Until appropriate treatment has commenced |
| Hepatitis | Until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection, or on subsidence of symptoms |
| Impetigo (School sores) | Until sores have fully healed. the child may be allowed to return provided that the appropriate treatment has commenced and that the sores on exposed surfaces such as scalp, face, hands and legs are properly covered with occlusive dressings |
| Measles | At least four days |
| Mumps | Until fully recovered |
| Poliomyelitis | Until at least 14 days after onset of illness and until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection |
| Ringworm | To be excluded until treated |
| Rotavirus (diarrhoea) | Until diarrhoea ceased |
| Scarlett Fever | Until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection |
| 14 Whooping Cough (Pertussis) | Until 2 weeks after the onset of the illness and until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection |