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Medical & Emergency Policies⁄Procedures

Illness

Your child is not permitted to attend the center if any of the following are present.

  • Fever of more than 100 degrees.
  • Nausea
  • Diarrhea
  • Undiagnosed rash
  • Flu
  • Any other suspected or confirmed communicable illness.

Your child may return to the center after:

  • Your child is free of all communicable symptoms.
  • The temperature has returned to normal for at least 24 hours.
  • There has been no vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours.
  • Your child has been released by your physician.

What happens if my child becomes ill while at the center?

  1. Your child will be kept isolated and comfortable.
  2. You will be contacted in class by campus police.
  3. Come pick up your child immediately.
  4. If unable to contact you, we will try other emergency contacts listed on Form 2.

Note: Please notify the center office if your child is ill or has been exposed to a contagious disease. That way, we can inform our other families, if necessary.

Medications

Never send any type of medication in your child’s tote bag or lunch box. Let teachers know of any medications given to your child before arrival. Over-the-counter medications cannot be dispensed at the center.

If your child needs to be given medicine while in attendance:

  1. Complete a “Record of Prescription Medicine” that’s available in the office.
  2. Medication must be in its original container.
  3. Original pharmacy label must include: prescription number, date filled, physician’s name, directions for use, child’s name.
  4. The only non-prescription medication given is that which has a physician’s statement attached.

In the case of an accident involving your child, the following actions will be taken:

  1. If the accident is minor, first aid will be applied at the center. Cuts and scrapes will be washed with soap and water and a bandage applied. An accident report will be completed and given to the parent at pick-up time.
  2. If the injury is not life threatening, but requires further treatment, we will make every effort to contact the parent(s) first, then the emergency contact in the event we cannot reach the parent.
  3. In the case of a life-threatening injury, emergency personnel will be called first. Parents will be called next. If parents cannot be reached, calls will be made to the individuals listed on your Emergency Information Card. A staff person who is familiar with your child will accompany your child to the hospital and wait until you or an emergency contact person arrives.
  4. An accident report will be completed for all accidents that leave a mark or involve a hard fall. These are left on the counter next to the sign-in clipboards and “accident report” will be written next to your child’s name.

Medical Insurance

The Child Care Center maintains primary insurance that will pay the first $5,000 of expenses incurred due to an accident at the center. Dental treatments are covered to a maximum of $500.

Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect

Teachers are required to report all suspicions of child abuse or neglect to the director. The director and teacher will meet to determine whether a “reason to believe” exists by evaluating the written and/or verbal evidence available. If the “reason to believe” exists, the director will proceed further reporting to Child Protective Services. All reports of child abuse are strictly confidential. These reports will not be made available to staff members, parents, or others who do not have a need to know.

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