Exposure Notices

For gastrointestinal illness (such as amebiasis, campylobacter, E. coli, giardia, hepatitis A, norovirus, salmonella):

• If the staff is a food handler OR works in child care then follow the return to school/child care guidelines for each illness above.
• If the staff is NOT a food handler or does NOT work in child care then he or she may return to school 24-48 hours after symptoms have stopped and fever is gone without the use of medications that reduce fever.

For respiratory illness, staff may return 24 hours after fever is gone without the use of medications that reduce fever AND when cough is manageable.

The school may create a more restrictive policy, but not a less restrictive policy, than the Public Health Department's recommendation.

The student or staff's medical provider may recommend a longer restriction period, but not a shorter period, than the Public Health Department's recommendation. In the case that a medical provider recommends a longer restriction period, that will take precedence over the Public Health Department's recommendation.