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Sick Policy
Here is a quick and easy guideline provided by PPS and Multnomah County Health Department regarding our sick policy. If you have questions, please call us at 503-916-6036
Student’s symptoms/diagnosed illness
Student may return to school when...
Fever greater than 100 degrees (orally)
Temperature below 100 degrees (orally) for a minimum of 24 hours without use of fever-reducing medication
Rash or rash with fever — new or sudden onset
Rash disappears; written or phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse
Brown, gray, tan or yellow drainage from nose, eyes or any other part of the body
Discharge must be gone or student must have been on antibiotics for 24 hours and have written or phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse
Vomiting/diarrhea
Symptom-free for 24 hours
Cough: Deep, barking, congested or productive mucous
Symptom-free or student must have been on antibiotics for 24 hours and have written/phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse
White, clay-colored, or bloody stool
White, clay-colored, or bloody stool
Yellow skin and/or eye color
Yellow skin and/or eye color
Brown or bloody urine
Brown or bloody urine
Stiff neck or headache with fever
Symptom-free or written/phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse
Unusually sleepy, lethargic or grumpy
Symptom-free
Strep throat diagnosed by a medical doctor
Must have been on antibiotics for 24 hours and have written/phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse; if no antibiotic given, call school nurse before sending child to school
After an illness of two or more weeks, surgery, or other change in health status
Written instructions from the doctor and parent regarding medication or special health needs must be provided to the school nurse
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