Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2000 - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1     Exclusion from school or home-based care

    (see s 17)

column 1 item	column 2 condition	column 3 exclusion of cases	column 4 exclusion of contacts
1	amoebiasis (entamoeba histolytica)	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
2	campylobacteriosis	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
3	chicken pox (varicella and herpes zoster)	Exclude until the last blister has scabbed over. The child should not continue to be excluded only because of some remaining scabs.	Not excluded. Any child with an immune deficiency (eg with leukaemia, or because of receiving chemotherapy) should be excluded for their own protection. Urgent medical advice should be sought, and varicella-zoster immunoglobulin (ZIG) administered if necessary.
4	conjunctivitis (acute infectious)	Exclude until discharge from eyes ceases.	Not excluded.
5	cryptosporidiosis	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
6	diarrhoea	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
7	diphtheria	Exclude until—         (a)     at least 2 negative throat swabs have been taken (the first not less than 24 hours after antibiotic treatment ceases and the second not less than 48 hours later); and         (b)     a certificate is provided by a doctor recommending that the exclusion should cease.	Exclude family and household contacts until approval to return has been given by the chief health officer.
8	giardiasis	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
9	haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) infection	Exclude until a certificate is provided by a doctor recommending that the exclusion should cease.	Not excluded.
10	hand, foot and mouth disease	Exclude if—         (a)     child is unwell; or         (b)     the child is drooling, and not all blisters have dried or an exposed weeping blister is not covered with a dressing.	Not excluded.
11	hepatitis A	Exclude for at least 7 days after the onset of jaundice and a certificate is provided by a doctor recommending that the exclusion should cease.	Not excluded.
12	herpes (cold sores)	Exclude young children unable to comply with good hygiene practices while the lesion is weeping. Lesion to be covered by a dressing in all cases, if possible.	Not excluded.
13	impetigo (school sores)	Exclude until appropriate treatment has begun and sores on exposed surfaces are covered with a watertight dressing.	Not excluded.
14	influenza and influenza-like illnesses	Exclude until well.	Not excluded.
15	leprosy	Exclude until approval to return has been given by the chief health officer.	Not excluded.
16	measles	Exclude for at least 4 days after the rash appears.	(a)     Immunised contacts not excluded.         (b)     Exclude non-immunised contacts until 14 days after the first day of appearance of the rash in the index case.         (c)     Non-immunised contacts immunised with measles vaccine within 72 hours after their first contact with the index case are not excluded after being immunised.         (d)     Non-immunised contacts who are given normal human immunoglobulin (NHIG) within 7 days after their first contact with the index case are not excluded after being given NHIG.
17	meningitis (bacterial)	Exclude until well.	Not excluded.
18	meningococcal infection	Exclude until adequate carrier eradication therapy has begun.	(a)     Not excluded if receiving rifampicin or other antibiotic treatment recommended by the chief health officer.         (b)     Otherwise, excluded until 10 days after last contact with the index case.
19	mumps	Exclude for 9 days after onset of symptoms, or until parotid swelling goes down (whichever is sooner).	Not excluded.
20	poliomyelitis	Exclude for at least 14 days after onset of symptoms and until a certificate is provided by a doctor recommending that the exclusion should cease.	Not excluded.
21	ringworm, scabies, pediculosis (lice), trachoma	Exclude until effective treatment has begun.	Not excluded.
22	rotavirus	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
23	rubella (German measles)	Exclude for 4 days after the appearance of the rash.	Not excluded. Female staff of child-bearing age should ensure that their immune status against rubella is adequate.
24	salmonellosis	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
25	shigellosis	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.
26	streptococcal infection (including scarlet fever)	Exclude until the person has recovered or has received antibiotic treatment for at least 24 hours.	Not excluded.
27	tuberculosis	Exclude until approval to return has been given by the chief health officer.	Not excluded.
28	typhoid and paratyphoid fever	Exclude until a certificate is provided by a doctor recommending that the exclusion should cease.	(a)     Not excluded unless the chief health officer notifies the person in charge of the school.         (b)     If the chief health officer gives notice, exclusion is subject to the conditions in the notice.
29	whooping cough (pertussis)	Exclude for 21 days from start of cough, or for at least 5 days after starting a course of antibiotics recommended by the chief health officer.	Exclude non-immunised household, home-based care and close childcare contacts under 7 years old for 14 days after the last exposure to infection, or until 5 days after starting a course of antibiotics recommended by the chief health officer (whichever is sooner).
30	worms (intestinal)	Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.	Not excluded.