Due to regulations mandated by the state of NC this center will not care for children with the following symptoms:

• A temperature 100 degrees auxiliary or 101 orally. We do not administer Tylenol or other fever reducing medications. Please do not bring your child into the center if they are taking Tylenol or Advil for a fever.
• Not capable of participating in routine group activities.
• A sudden onset of diarrhea characterized by an increased number of bowel movements compared to the child’s normal pattern and with increased stool water.
• Have two or more episodes of vomiting within a 12 hour period
• Have a red eye with white or yellow discharge until 24 hours after treatment
• Have scabies or lice
• Have known chicken pox, a rash suggestive of chicken pox or any other unexplained rash
• Have strep throat, until 24 hours after the treatment has started
• Have tuberculosis, until a health professional states that the child is not infectious
• Have pertussis, until 5 days after appropriate antibiotic treatment
• Have hepatitis A virus infection, until one week after onset of illness or jaundice
• Have impetigo, until 24 hours after treatment
• Have a physician’s or other health professional’s written order that the child be separated from other children. This is stated from rule .0804 in the state childcare requirements.

If a child shows evidence of any contagious disease, fever, or nausea while at the center, we will immediately call you and inform you of his/her illness. According to the severity of the illness, we may require that you have someone pick up your child. Please notify the daycare office when your child has a contagious disease.