Requests for the administration of medications by school personnel may be made as follows (in accordance with Education Code 22.052):
Parents have the primary responsibility for giving medications to their child at school and may come to school to do so at any time after checking in at the school office. Employees authorized by the Superintendent or designee may administer to students:
Prescription Medication: The parent shall place on file a written request (using the district’s Medication Administration Form) to administer medication from the attending physician or dentist.
Nonprescription medication: Upon a parent’s written request (using the district’s Medication Administration Form) when properly labeled and in the original container.
Non-FDA-approved products, herbal/dietary products, medications purchased in foreign countries, or non-traditional preparations (including but not limited to vitamins, supplements, homeopathic remedies, and essential oils) may not be administered by school personnel. The parent/guardian may administer the products so long as the use does not interfere with the health or well-being of other students.
All medicine must be in the original, properly labeled container, unopened(OTC’s), and accompanied by the Medication Administration Form. Please ask your pharmacist to dispense two labeled bottles of medication: one for home and one for school. Change in dosages, times, or medication will require a new physician order and parent request form.
In accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, Texas Code, Section 217.11, the school nurse has the responsibility and authority to clarify any order or treatment regimen that the nurse has reason to believe is inaccurate, non-efficacious, or contraindicated by consulting with the appropriate licensed practitioner. The school nurse also has the right to refuse to administer medications/services that, in the nurse’s professional judgment, are not in the best interest of the student.
According to Texas Education Code Chapter 38, Section 38.015, students are permitted to possess and self-administer prescription asthma or anaphylaxis medicine. The student must demonstrate to the student’s physician or healthcare provider, and the school nurse if available, that they demonstrate the skills necessary to self-administer the medication. The physician, student, school nurse and parents must sign the self-carry/self-administration form authorizing self-administration and providing specific information outlining whether the student has asthma or anaphylaxis, and the purpose, dosage, frequency, and duration of the medication to be self-administered.
At the end of the school year, unused medication that has not been picked up by the parents/guardians will be discarded.
A new prescription and Medication Administration Form are required for every school year.
Medication policy (PDF)
Medication Administration Form (English) Medication Administration Form (Spanish)
Self-Carry Medication Form
