Head Lice Regulations and Guidelines

KDHE’s Office of Surveillance & Epidemiology (OSE) has made changes to the Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R. 28-1-6) relating to lice treatment. The regulation states “Each student infested with lice shall be excluded from school, child care facility or family day care home until treatment with an antiparasitic drug is initiated.”

Kansas regulations no longer require children to be nit free before returning to school.

Etiology, diagnosis and treatment recommendations and K.A.R. can be found on the following web sites:

• Head Lice Fact Sheet (.pdf)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Head Lice Infestation Fact Sheet
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Head Lice Clinical Report
• K.A.R. 28-1-6 Requirements for Isolation and Quarantine of Specific Infectious and Contagious Diseases (.pdf)