NAC432A.600. Admission of child: Medical conditions requiring approval of appropriate health authority.

The director of a facility that provides care for ill children shall not admit a child who has one or more of the following conditions unless the admittance is approved by the appropriate health authority:

     1. Diarrhea:

     (a) That is caused by shigella, salmonella, campylobacter or giardia;

     (b) That is accompanied by dehydration or loss of fluid;

     (c) That is accompanied by blood, mucus or loss of color in the stools;

     (d) That is accompanied by poor fluid intake;

     (e) That is accompanied by marked lethargy; or

     (f) For more than 3 days, unless the parent provides evidence that the child is under the care of a physician.

     2. Difficulty breathing or rapid breathing.

     3. Asthma and a severe upper respiratory infection, unless the parent provides evidence that the child is under the care of a physician.

     4. Episodes of vomiting for a period of longer than 6 hours.

     5. Yellowish skin or eyes.

     6. An axillary temperature of 101° Fahrenheit or higher and:

     (a) Mucus that has a foul odor or is yellow or green;

     (b) An undiagnosed rash; or

     (c) A sore throat.

     7. Severe coughing.

     8. Chicken pox, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria or herpes simplex and is contagious.

     9. Untreated scabies, tinea corporis or capitis (ringworm).

     10. An ear infection, unless the parent provides evidence that the child is under the care of a physician.

     11. Untreated head lice.

     12. Any other condition that precludes admission of the child to the facility, as determined by the director.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. for Child Care, eff. 3-11-92)