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If your child requires medication taken during the school day, it will be administrered according to district policy. A completed medication form is required for each medication brought to the school.
District Policy:
"The giving of medicine by the nurse, principal, or designee shall be restricted to that which is necessary and cannot be given on an alternative schedule.
Prescriptions in the original pharmacy/prescriber labeled container showing:
- Student's name
- Name of the Medicine
- Dosage and administration schedule
- Prescriber's name
- Date purchased
The student's authorized prescriber must be a medical professional with prescriptive authority such as a physician, dentist, orthodontist, etc. The district will not administer the first dose of an initial prescription."