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Medication Policy
(En Espaņol)
Health Requirements and Services
FFAC
(Local)
Medical Treatment
Administering Medication by District Employees
All
medications shall be brought to the clinic or office area where they shall
be kept in a locked container or cabinet. Students shall not possess any
form of medication while at school other than to transport such to the
designated location for proper storage. Medication will be refrigerated
only if such storage instruction is printed on the label. At the end of the
school year all medication left at school shall be returned to the parent or
destroyed.
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION
Designated employees of the District may
administer medication to a student provided:
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The District
has received a written request to administer the medication from a parent,
legal guardian, or other person having legal control of the student.
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Prescription
medications must be in English & the original container, bearing a
prescription label that includes the student's name, the name of the
medicine, directions concerning dosage, the name of the prescribing
physician, the name of the pharmacy filling the prescription, and the
date the prescription was filled during current school year.
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Prescription
inhalant medications, properly labeled, may be carried by the student if
directed in writing by the physician and parent. This request must be filed
in the school clinic.
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All physician's sample
medication must be accompanied by a written authorization from the
physician.
No district employee will be required to
give medication above the daily recommended dosage by the Federal Drug
Administration.
No medication will be dispensed for a missed
dose unless written authorization is received from the parent/guardian for each
dose missed.
OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION
Designated employees of the District may
administer over-the-counter medications to students if the following conditions
are met:
(Labels on over-the-counter medication
designate contents as MEDICATION.)
1. The
District has received a written request to administer the medication from a
parent, legal guardian, or other person having legal control of the student.
2. The written
request of the parent/guardian must indicate the dosage, frequency of need,
reason the medication is needed, and the date(s) of requested administering.
3.
The medication must
be stored in the original container. Dosage must be within the
recommended amount for the age of the student. Medication may
not be given for longer than 5 consecutive school days unless directed by a
physician.
The student shall report to the school
health room to take any medication. Exceptions to the health rooms being the
location for administering medications may be made if such change is recommended
by an ARD committee.
As a precaution to prevent tampering of the
contents of OTC medications brought by a student to the secondary campus, it is
requested that all OTC medications be brought to the school health room in the
original unopened container.
Updated 1/28/08 |
