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 Use form) to administer medication from the attending physician or dentist.
- Nonprescription medication: Upon a parent’s written request, (using the district’s Medication Use 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.
Self-Administration
Other than prescription asthma medication or anaphylaxis treatment for students with severe allergies that may result in anaphylaxis, we do not permit students to carry their own medications and selfadminister. Students with asthma or severe allergies that may result in anaphylaxis will be allowed to carry and self-administer their prescription medication under certain conditions:
- The medication has been prescribed for that student as indicated by the prescription label on the medication.
- The student has demonstrated to the student’s physician or other licensed health care provider and the school nurse the skill level necessary to self-administer the prescription medication, including the use of any device required to administer the medication.
- The self-administration is done in compliance with the prescription or written instructions from the prescription medication while on school property or at a school-0related event or activity; and
- A parent of the student provides to the school: Written statement, signed by the student’s physician or other licensed health care provider that states:
- That the student has asthma or anaphylaxis and is capable of self-administering the medication
- The name and purpose of the medication
- The prescribed dosage for the medication
- The times at which or circumstances under which the medication may be administered and
- The period for which the medication is prescribed
Students with Diabetes
An IEP for students with diabetes will be developed for care while in school or participating in school activities. This plan will be developed with you, and if possible, your child’s physician. If your child has diabetes and will need care at school, you must submit the diabetes management plan prepared by you and the physician before or at the beginning of the school year, upon enrollment after the beginning of the school year, or as soon as practicable following the diagnosis of diabetes.
Medication policy and medication use form
