Health
Treating head lice
Head lice are tiny insect parasites that live on your head and feed on your scalp (the skin covering your head).
Under the School Education Act 1999, if your child has head lice, a principal may keep him or her away from school until treatment has started.
Your child may return to school when all live head lice have been removed. There is no need to stay away from school if there are only a few remaining eggs, but you must continue treatment over the following 10 days to ensure that all eggs and hatchlings have been removed.
There are two effective head lice treatments with further information available here:
- the 10-day hair conditioner treatment
- insecticide treatments.
Judy Buckley
College Nurse