Insurance / Injuries / Illness / Medications

HEALTH WATCH — Please note for the safety of all the children and staff, if your child shows signs of flu-like symptoms, please keep your child home until all symptoms including fever have been gone without medication for at least 24 hours.

ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Accident insurance coverage is built into your registration fee, and if an emergency occurs we'll take action to ensure the safety and health of your child.

Every attempt will be made to contact you, the parent, guardian or designated person in charge in the event of an emergency. However, in the event of a serious emergency the Polk County Emergency Medical Service (911) will be called to administer treatment and transport to the nearest emergency medical facility for treatment. Please note that we can not transport any child for any medical treatment.

We will inform you about any injury or accident. Our insurance policy is an "excess coverage" policy which means that your primary insurance must pay first. This insurance will pay for any charges not covered by the primary insurance.

Accident insurance claims are available from the Director at the center.
 
If you seek medical attention for your child, it is your responsibility to return the completed insurance claim forms to the Director at your child's center so they may be forwarded to the proper insurance companies.

REPORTING INJURIES

All injuries, no matter how small, must be reported to the adult in charge immediately. Please help us by teaching your child to always report it to a teacher if they have any type of injury occur or get hurt in any way.

ILLNESS

 If your child becomes ill during the school day, we will notify the parent or guardian will be asked to come pick up the child.(Children with head lice cannot attend until their hair has been chemically treated and completely cleared of all eggs, nits, and bugs.)

9-1-1  IS CALLED FOR ALL EMERGENCIES!

 If a child shows signs of illness with fever (101 F or above), vomiting, diarrhea, constant cough, heavy nasal discharge, red eyes or irritability do not send your child to the center. This is for the protection of your child as well as the others. If any of these signs appear while the child is in the center, the Director will call the parent to come pick up the child. If you are called please come as quickly as possible as illness may be contagious. When sent home from the center, the child must be free from all illness for 24 hours before returning to school. This includes diarrhea and fever. This is a policy set by the Polk County Health Department and the Department of Children and Families.

Every child is to have a current physical and shot record before he/she can start. These are to be kept updated as required by DCF. Physicals must be renewed every two years.

Any child who is not up to date on immunizations, physicals or medical requirments will have to be withdrawn from the center until requirements are met.

All children sent home with head lice must have their scalp and hair treated for lice, washed, and cleared before returning to the center. This means all eggs, nits, and bugs must be combed out of the hair completely and hair cleared of all bugs, nits, and eggs before being allowed to return.

MEDICATION

Medication will not be administered at this center. Please arrange for your child’s doctor to prescribe meds that are given perhaps every 8 to 10 hours and/or parents will need to come to the center to give any medications their child may need. Please inform the center when your child is on medication.

ABSENCES

Please notify the center in the event your child will be absent or other pick up arrangements are made on the days when this change is in effect. This will help us account for all children at roll call.

EMERGENCIES

Every attempt will be made to contact you, the parent, guardian or designated person in charge in the event of an emergency. However, in the event of a serious emergency the Polk County Emergency Medical Service (911) will be called to administer treatment and transport to the nearest emergency medical facility for treatment.  Please note that we can not transport your child for any medical treatment.