**JLCC-R - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL** **Last Updated Date:** 05/27/2014 **Adoption Date:** 01/10/2006 The following rules and regulations have been established by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health which concerns the more common communicable diseases:                                                 Minimum period of                                        Minimum period Disease                                    isolation of patient                                          of quarantine Chicken Pox                            One week from appearance                            No restrictions                                                 of eruptions                                                     German Measles                     No restrictions                                                 No restrictions Measles                                   Four days from appearance                             No restrictions                                                 of rash Mumps                                    One week from onset of                                 No restrictions                                                 disease or until all swelling                                                 has subsided, whichever is                                                 sooner. Whooping Cough                   Three weeks from beginning                          No restrictions (Pertussis)                                of spasmodic cough Scarlet Fever or                       Twenty-four hours with                                  No restrictions Streptococcal Sore                  chemotherapy as long as therapy Throat                                      is continued for 10 days.                                                 One week if not on                                                 chemotherapy. Dog bites, no matter how minor, should be given immediate attention by the family physician and the local board of health notified, giving the following information: 1. Name, address, and age of child bitten and location of bite. 2. Name and address of the dog owner. Established by law