Medication in School
It is recommended that medication be administered at home; however, students who must receive medication, including over-the-counter medication, during the school day are required to comply with the following:
In accordance with 105 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulation 210.000, the following forms must be on file in your child’s health record before we begin to give any medication at school:
Signed Medication Order form (see below to download & print):
Section 1 to be completed & signed by the parent/guardian.
Section 2 to be completed & signed by child’s physician or nurse practitioner and returned to the School Nurse for each medication.
This order must be renewed as needed and at the beginning of each academic year.
Please note the following:
Medication should be delivered to the school in a pharmacy or manufacturer labeled container by you or a responsible adult whom you designate. Please ask your pharmacy to provide separate bottles for school and home. No more than a thirty-day supply of the medicine should be delivered to the school. Also, please make sure that the medication will not expire prior to the last day of school.
When your child needs medication to be given during the school day, please act quickly to follow these policies so we may begin to give the medication as soon as possible. ONLY THE SCHOOL NURSE CAN LEGALLY ADMINISTER YOUR CHILD'S MEDICATION.
Please return completed medication order(s) and action plan(s) (see below to download & print), along with the medication, to the School Nurse, on or prior to the first day of school in September.
In the event that a School Nurse is unavailable, the parent will be called to come to school and administer the medication to their child with a dose from home. An unlicensed person cannot administer your child’s medication.
END OF SCHOOL YEAR:
1. Please retrieve any remaining medication on last day of school. Any medication not picked up will be discarded.
2. Please pick up or download & print blank Medication Order form(s) & Action Plan(s) to be completed over the summer and return (along with medication) to the School Nurse on or prior to the first day of the new school year.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Please call me if you have any questions or concerns.
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