Head lice infestation at school or daycare notification
If you discover head lice infestation in your child, the community facility that your child regularly visits (e.g. day-care centers, schools or similar facilities) must be informed immediately. The management of the community facility must immediately...
If you discover head lice infestation in your child, the community facility that your child regularly visits (e.g. day-care centers, schools or similar facilities) must be informed immediately.
The management of the community facility must immediately notify the health department and provide information relating to the illness and person. Head lice infestation is the most common parasitic disease in Europe. Anyone can get head lice. This is not due to poor hygiene. Head lice spread quickly, especially in places where many children come together.
Children with head lice are not allowed to enter rooms of the communal facility, not to use facilities of the communal facility and not take part in events of the communal facility until they are no longer allowed to spread the lice. A doctor's certificate is only required if a person has had recurrent lice within four weeks. This corresponds to the recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute
Important notes
Prerequisites
You notice head lice infestation in your child.
Documents required
- Form: Notification form for head lice infestation
- Declaration by parents that the treatment was properly carried out.
Please note
Deadlines
As soon as you, as a parent, discover that your child has head lice, you must inform the facility your child is attending immediately.
Procedure & Fees
Procedure
- As a parent, inform the management of the community facility immediately in writing or orally about a head lice infestation in your child. If possible, also inform the parents of the children with whom your child has a lot of contact.
- Treat your child with the medically prescribed means at the specified intervals.
- If there are no more lice or nits that can reproduce on your child's head, they can visit the community facility as usual.
Processing time
No
Fees
No
Legal notes
Legal basis
Sections 33 and 34 of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG)