Care of Ill Children

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1. An underarm temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or over, or an oral temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or over
2. Vomiting
3.  Diarrhea
4.  Rash, other than a mild diaper or heat-related rash
5. Head Lice includes Eggs, Nymphs, and Adults
6. Pink Eye (conjunctivitis) 

Parents and provider will follow the latest guidelines posted about COVID-19 based on the current information released by the CDC Website.  

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html

1. Underarm temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or over, or an oral temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or over

2. Vomiting

3. Diarrhea

4. Rash, other than a mild diaper or heat-related rash

(9502.0435, Subp. 16A)

The provider must comply with the following health requirements:

Immunization records must be kept for each child in care using forms provided by the county. (9502.0405,

Subp. 4C)

The provider shall obtain written permission from the child's parent before administering medicine,

diapering products, sunscreen lotions, and insect repellents. Nonprescription medicines, diapering

products, sunscreen lotions, and insect repellents must be administered according to the manufacturer's

instructions unless a licensed physician or dentist provides written instructions for their use. (9502.0435, Subp. 16 F1)

The provider shall obtain and follow written instructions from a licensed physician or dentist before

administering each prescription medicine. Medicine with the child's name and current prescription

information on the label constitutes instructions. (9502.0435, Subp. 16 F2)

Special instructions from the parent shall be obtained in writing and followed about toilet training, eating,

sleeping or napping, allergies, and any health problems. (9502.0405, Subp. 4B)

Provider shall follow written instructions from an authorized agent or physician of an ill child placed in the

provider's care if the child has any of the illnesses listed. (9502.0435, Subp. 16B)

The provider shall require that a child's parent notify the provider within 24 hours of diagnosing a

severe contagious illness or parasitic infestation so the provider may notify the parents of other children

in care. (9502.0435, Subp. 16C)

The provider shall inform a parent of each exposed child the same day the provider is notified that a

positive diagnosis has been made for any of the illnesses or parasitic infestations listed below. (9502.0435,

Subp. 16D)

The provider shall inform the Carver County Health & Human Services/ Public Health Department or the

Minnesota Department of Health of any suspected reportable disease case as specified below. Diseases

must be immediately reported. (9502.0435, Subp. 16E)

Carver County Health & Human Services/ Public Health 952-361-1600

Minnesota Department of Health 651-201-5414

The following are reportable diseases in Minnesota.

Report immediately by Telephone:

Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)

Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)

Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)

Free-living amebic infection (including at least Acanthamoeba

spp., Naegleria fowleri, Balamuthia spp., Sappinia spp.)

Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)

Hemolytic uremic syndrome

Measles (rubeola)

Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)

Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis) (invasive)

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

Orthopox virus

Plague (Yersinia pestis)

Poliomyelitis

Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)

Rabies (animal and human cases and suspected cases)

Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Smallpox (variola)

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

Unusual or increased case incidence of any suspect infectious

illness

Viral hemorrhagic fever (including but not limited to Ebola virus

disease and Lassa fever)

Report within one working day:

Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica/dispar)

Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)

Arboviral disease (including, but not limited to, La Crosse

encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine

encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus disease,

Powassan virus disease and Jamestown Canyon virus disease)

Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)

Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis)

Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.)

Candida auris

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)

Cat scratch disease (infection caused by Bartonella species)

Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

Chikungunya virus disease

Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Coccidioidomycosis

Cronobacter sakazakii in infants under one year of age

Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium spp.)

Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora spp.)

Dengue virus infection

Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)

Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi, and other Borrelia spp.)

Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)

Meningitis (caused by viral agents)

Mumps

Neonatal sepsis (bacteria isolated from a sterile site,

excluding coagulase-negative Staphylococcus) less than seven

days after birth

Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis)

Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci)

Retrovirus infections

Salmonellosis, including typhoid (Salmonella spp.)

Shigellosis (Shigella spp.)

Spotted fever rickettsiosis (Rickettsia spp. infections, including

Rocky Mountain spotted fever)

Staphylococcus aureus (only vancomycin-intermediate

Staphylococcus aureus [VISA], vancomycin-resistant

Staphylococcus aureus [VRSA], and death or critical illness due

to community-associated Staphylococcus aureus in a

previously healthy individual)

Diphyllobothrium latum infection

Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia spp.)

Encephalitis (caused by viral agents)

Enteric Escherichia coli infection (E. coli O157:H7, other Shiga

toxin-producing E. coli, enterohemorrhagic E. coli,

enteropathogenic E. coli, enteroinvasive E. coli,

enteroaggregative E. coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli, or other

pathogenic E. coli)

Giardiasis (Giardia intestinalis)

Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections)

Haemophilus influenza disease (all invasive disease)

Hantavirus infection

Hepatitis (all primary viral types including A, B, C, D, and E)

Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Influenza (unusual case incidence, critical illness, or laboratory-

confirmed cases)

Kawasaki disease

Kingella spp. (invasive only)

Legionellosis (Legionella spp.)

Leprosy (Hansen's disease) (Mycobacterium

Streptococcal disease - an invasive disease caused by Groups A

and B streptococci and S. pneumonia

Streptococcal disease - non-invasive S. pneumoniae (urine

antigen laboratory-confirmed pneumonia)

Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)

Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)

Toxic shock syndrome

Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)

Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)

(pulmonary or extrapulmonary sites of disease, including

clinically diagnosed disease). Latent tuberculosis infection is

not reportable.

Typhus (Rickettsia spp.)

Unexplained deaths and unexplained critical illness (possibly

due to infectious cause)

Varicella (chickenpox)

Vibrio spp.

Yellow fever

Yersiniosis (enteric Yersinia spp. regardless of specimen

source)

Zika virus disease

Zoster (shingles) (all cases <18 years old; unusual case

incidence/complications irrespective of age