Immunization Requirements Texas Department of State Health Services

Health Services :: Control of Communicable Diseases

The control of communicable diseases in the District's schools be in conformity to the applicable sections of the "Sanitary Code of Texas." The rules of the code provide for the promotion of protection of the public health; for the general reduction of infectious and contagious diseases; and for the proper enforcement of quarantine, isolation, and control of communicable diseases.

The school nurse or health assistant may exclude from school any student suspected of having a communicable disease.

Exclusion from school during illness: Pupils suffering from diseases listed below shall be readmitted on the certificate of the attending physician attesting to the recovery and non-infectiousness of the student:

• Diphtheria
• Infectious Hepatitis Meningitis
• Poliomyelitis
• Scarlet Fever
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid Fever

Exclusion from school during illness of minor disease: Pupils suffering from minor diseases listed below shall be excluded from school during such illness and shall be readmitted when free of symptoms:

• Bacterial Meningitis
• Chicken Pox
• Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
• Giardiasis
• Fifth's Disease
• Hepatitis
• Impetigo
• Mononucleosis
• Measles Rubeola
• Mumps
• Pediculosis (Head Lice)
• Pinworms

• Rabies
• Poison Ivy
• Ringworms Tinea Corporis
• Scabies (Itch)
• Shigellosis
• Staph
• Strep Throat
• Scalp Ringworm (when free of symptoms or if lesions are covered or healed)
• Streptococcal Infections (other than Scarlet Fever)

The school nurse or health assistant may exclude any student suspected of having a communicable disease. Students should be symptom and fever free (temperature lower than 100°F) for 24 hours before returning to school.

Hand washing is the single most important way to reduce the spread of infectious diseases in the school setting.

Contact Health Services Coordinator for more information.