If it is necessary for your child to receive medication during the school day, please do the following:

• Send the medication to school with a responsible individual if you are unable to take it to school.
• Send the medication in the original container properly labeled with correct name, time, dose and date.
• Count the tablets (unless the number of tablets is the exact number on the label) or approximate amount of liquid in the bottle.
• Fill out the following information:

School nurses may give nonprescription medications with parental permission. The following guidelines need to be followed:

• The school nurse must assess the child's complaint and symptoms to determine if other measures can be used before medication is given.
• The school nurse must be notified of any allergies, especially to medication, that your child has.
• All medications sent to the school must be in the original container. (This is the law.)
• A record of the medication given will be kept by the school nurse.
• Nurses must use restraint at all times in the use of nonprescription medicines.

Please contact the school nurse, Rebecca Grant MSN RN, 835-5039, if you have any questions.