Student Medications
The legal procedures required to administer medication to students during school are cumbersome. It is preferable for everyone to administer medication to students outside of school hours. Please request medication that need not be administered during school hours when at all possible. If medication must be given while a student is at school, the following steps must be taken.
- All medication (such as asthma inhalers, over-the-counter and prescribed medicine) needed by students must be given to the attendance technician or health technician who will dispense the medicaiton only when the physician's and parent's/guardian's signed permission forms are on file
- Children are not allowed to have medication in their possession at school, walking to and from school, or on the school bus. The only exception to this policy is an inhaler for ashtma which still requires permission forms from physician and parent/guardian.
- Medication must be provided to the school in the container in which it was purchased, with the prescription label attached, and must be prescribed to the student whom it will be administered. This law applies to all medications INCLUDING OVER-THE-COUNTER, NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS such as aspirin and cough drops. School personnel cannot give medication brought to school in a plastic bag, plastic ware, or any other repackaging.
- An adult must bring the medication to school along with the completed authorization form. If you anticipate a visit to your child's physician or dentist and expect that medication may be prescribed or the dosage changed, please stop by the school ofrfice for the appropriate forms. Abuse of over-the-counter medication and/or prescription medication will result in disciplinary consequences.
