I find the policy for a local daycare center to be pretty helpful.
Quote:
CCCC shall not admit or retain in care a child who has any one or
more of the following:
• Fever of 100°F or more
• Diarrhea (more than one abnormally loose stool per day)
• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Severe cough
• Unusual yellow color to skin or eyes
• Skin or eye lesions that are severe, weeping, or pus-filled
• Stiff neck or headache with one or more of the above
symptoms
• Difficulty breathing, or wheezing
• Complaints of severe pain
A child may not return to the center until the symptoms have
subsided without the help of medication for 24 hours. (This does
not include antibiotics).
A child who receives a prescription for antibiotics may not return
to care until 24 hours after the first dosage is given. A child who
is on antibiotics and continues to show signs of the above
symptoms may not return to care until symptoms have subsided
without help of medication, other than antibiotics, for 24 hours.
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These policies are in place mostly to keep other kids from getting sick, which is something that adults don't seem to take into consideration when they evaluate whether or not they're well enough. Nobody wants to be around an ill coworker, even if they're no longer contagious, and therefore they don't really want to be around someone with a severe cough.