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HEALTH SERVICES - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Disclaimer:
Our purpose with this web site is to inform parents and their children about the services available through the Hutchinson Public Schools Department of Health Services. If you have any questions about what you see here, please don't hesitate to ask your school nurse or principal. If you have health concerns about your children, please call or visit your family physician or other appropriate health care provider. There is no substitute for the personal contact you make with these professionals.
FAQs
We don’t have access to health care, where do we start?
Prairie Star Health Center
200 West 2nd
Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-663-8484
www.prairiestarhealth.org
Hutchinson Area Student Health Services
425 East 13th
Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-662-7416
Reno County Health Department
209 West 2
Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-694-2900
My child has had a fever. When can they return to school?
Kansas Dept of Health and Environment recommends students be sent home if temperature is 99.6 or above and student has headache, sore throat, nausea, coughing and sneezing or other symptoms. A student with a temperature of 100.4 or above should be sent home even when there are no other symptoms. Student should remain home until temperature has been normal for 24 hours.
My child has had chicken pox (Varicella). When can they return to school?
A child is contagious from 1-2 days before they break out until 5 days after rash begins.
They may return on the 6th day.
For more information on Varicella and other diseases-
http://www.kdheks.gov/epi/download/classroom_handbook.pdf
Tell me about Head Lice
Head Lice continues to be a source of frustration for all. Head lice are small bugs that live on the human head (they do NOT live on animals). Head lice live on a small amount of blood and the bites cause itching. Head lice do not transmit diseases. They love clean, dry hair and are not an indicator of personal hygiene. Kansas has a “no nit” policy which means all nits (egg sacks) and bugs must be removed from the head.
Routine screening in the school setting has NOT shown to be effective in controlling head lice. For more information:
http://www.kdheks.gov/pdf/hef/ag1033.pdf
What do I need for enrollment?
www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatuteInfo.do
1)Proof of current Immunizations-type in statute # 72-5209
2)Physical-type in statute # 72-5214
3)Birth Certificate type in statute # 72-53,106
Where can I get a form for an athletic physical?
There are four (4) pages to print at:
www.kshsaa.org/forms/form-ppe.pdf
Where can I get an athletic physical?
Your doctor's office
Prairie Star Health Center
200 West 2
Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-663-8484
www.prairiestarhealth.org
Hutchinson Area Student Health Services
425 East 13th
Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-662-7416
Other frequently used websites by the health care team:
http://medlineplus.gov
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid
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