Section 27.73. Readmission of excluded children, and staff having contact with children

(a) A child or staff person, including a volunteer, having contact with children, excluded from a public, private, parochial or other school or college under § 27.72 (relating to exclusion of children, and staff having contact with children, for showing symptoms) may not be readmitted until the school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, a physician, is satisfied that the condition for which the person was excluded is not communicable or until the person presents a statement from a physician that the person has recovered or is noninfectious.

(b) A child, or staff person, including a volunteer, having contact with children, excluded for the following reasons shall be readmitted only when a physician has determined the illness to be either resolved, noncommunicable or in a noncommunicable stage:

(1) Rash with fever or behavioral change.

(2) Productive cough with fever.

The provisions of this § 27.73 adopted January 25, 2002, effective January 26, 2002, 32 Pa.B. 491. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (243671).

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Cross References

This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 27.76 (relating to exclusion and readmission of children, and staff having contact with children, in child care group settings).