If a student is taking medication, try to have it administered at home. If it must be taken during school hours, the following requirements must be met for each specific case of treatment:

· Health care provider and parent permission is needed for both prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications used at school or school-sponsored activities. 

·         Medications must be brought to school in their original labeled prescription or over the counter bottles/packaging with your student’s name on it. 

·         Emergency Care Plans (ECP’s) help school staff safely care for your children.  If your health care provider writes medication orders for life-threatening allergies, asthma, and seizure disorders on the ECP a separate medication form is not needed.

Medication Drop Off/Pick Up

·         An adult must bring the medications to school unless your student has emergency rescue medication with a health care provider attestation to carry and use their medication independently. 

·         Medication cannot be transported on the bus by the student unless your student has emergency rescue medication with a health care provider attestation to carry and use their medication independently.

·         When medication is brought to school, the adult will be asked to wait while the school nurse counts and documents the receipt of medication, then will be asked to sign off on the delivery.

·         Please contact your child’s school nurse to make arrangements for medication delivery.

·         At the end of the school year, an adult must pick up the medication or it will be discarded. No medication will be stored or carried over from one year to the next.

Self-Carry and Use of Medications

If your child’s healthcare provider decides your child can carry and use their diabetes, asthma, or epinephrine auto-injector medication independently they must put in writing (attest) that your child can do so safely.  Your permission is also required.

Asthma Medicines
If your child uses a nebulizer, please ask your healthcare provider about ordering metered-dose inhaler (MDI) and a valved-holding chamber (spacer) which helps all the asthma medicine get into the lungs for use at school. For many people MDI’s and valved-holding chambers work as well as nebulizers and are portable for use wherever a student needs them.

Non-FDA Sanctioned Medicines
Orders or requests to administer non-FDA sanctioned medicines including but not limited to, herbal remedies, essential oils, dietary supplements, naturopathic or holistic medicines, natural products will not be honored.

Medication Permission Forms and Self-Administration of Medication Forms are available at the Health Office or can be found below and printed.