4.08 Administration of Drugs or Medicine

Legal Citations

This section applies only:

(1) when the parent of a pupil requests school personnel to administer drugs or medicine to the pupil; or

(2) when administration is allowed by the individual education plan of a child with a disability.

The request of a parent may be oral or in writing. An oral request must be reduced to writing within two school days, provided that the district may rely on an oral request until a written request is received. Minn. Stat. § 121A.22, subd. 1.

For drugs or medicine used by children with a disability, administration may be as provided in the individualized education plan. Minn. Stat. § 121A.22, subd. 5.