Student Medication
School officials may administer medication to students if the "Parent Request and Physician Order for Medication" form (1702) is completed and in the possession of school officials (Form 1702 is available at the school office) or if the parents send a note requesting that staff administer antibiotics or other medications to be taken during the last days of an acute illness. In this case, the pharmacist's or physician's label, which must be on the bottle, serves as the physician's order.
No medication will be given by a school official unless it is in a container dispensed by a pharmacy with the student's name, name of medication, the date the prescription was filled, and directions clearly marked.
At the elementary level, no self-medication, including over-the-counter medicine, is permitted.
Parents are responsible for transporting all medicines to school unless special arrangements are made with the principal or it is an emergency medicine that the child has permission to keep with him/her.
More WCPSS school and policy information can be found at:
http://www.wcpss.net/parent-handbooks/
No medication will be given by a school official unless it is in a container dispensed by a pharmacy with the student's name, name of medication, the date the prescription was filled, and directions clearly marked.
At the elementary level, no self-medication, including over-the-counter medicine, is permitted.
Parents are responsible for transporting all medicines to school unless special arrangements are made with the principal or it is an emergency medicine that the child has permission to keep with him/her.
More WCPSS school and policy information can be found at:
http://www.wcpss.net/parent-handbooks/