Illnesses in community facilities - reporting head lice infestation
Erkrankungen in Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen - Kopflausbefall melden
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Every case of head lice infestation must be reported to the Gemeinschaftseinrichtung (community facility). People with head lice may not enter Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen. Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen are, for example, day-care centres, schools or similar facilities. A person with a head lice infestation may only return to the Gemeinschaftseinrichtung after proper treatment.
Your Gesundheitsamt (public health office) will advise you in the event of a head lice infestation. Under certain conditions, the Gesundheitsamt also carries out a follow-up check.
Treatment with "home remedies" is not sufficient. In the case of a single infestation, confirmation of proper treatment is sufficient for readmission. In the case of repeated infestation, a medical certificate is required. In many cases your health insurance fund (Krankenkasse) covers the cost of proper treatment if a doctor's prescription is provided.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• No requirements.
Documents you need
• Declaration by the parents of properly completed treatment
In the case of a single infestation, confirmation of proper treatment is sufficient for readmission.
Forms
• Declaration by the parents confirming that treatment was carried out properly www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/gesundheitsamt/
Fees
None
Legal basis
• Infektionsschutzgesetz (Infection Protection Act) § 34 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ifsg/__34.html
Further information
• Broschüre der Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (brochure by the Federal Centre for Health Education) on head lice infestation www.bzga.de/infomaterialien/kopflaeuse-was-tun/
• Information for communal facilities on informing parents and children (including a poster for display) www.kindergesundheit-info.de/fachkraefte/kindergesundheit-in
Who is responsible
The Gesundheitsamt (public health office) responsible is the one in whose area the person in whom head lice have been detected or are suspected has their main residence.
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Gesundheitsamt - Kopflausnachschau
- Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Gesundheitsamt – Fachbereich Infektionsschutz, umweltbezogener Gesundheitsschutz und Katastrophenschutz
- Bezirksamt Lichtenberg
- Gesundheitsamt - Infektionsschutz, umweltbezogener Gesundheits- und Katastrophenschutz
- Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Gesundheitsamt - Hygiene und Umweltmedizin
- Bezirksamt Mitte
- Gesundheitsamt - Infektionsschutz, medizinischer Katastrophenschutz und umweltbezogener Gesundheitsschutz
- Bezirksamt Neukölln
- Gesundheitsamt - Infektions- und umweltbezogener Gesundheitsschutz
- Bezirksamt Pankow
- Gesundheitsamt - Hygiene und Umweltmedizin
- Bezirksamt Reinickendorf
- Bezirksamt Spandau
- Gesundheitsamt
- Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Gesundheitsamt - Hygiene- und Umweltmedizin
- Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick
Original
Service number 328070 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/328070/