Medication Distribution
HE 5.0
A student is not permitted to possess, administer, or distribute medication, whether prescription or non-prescription.
Purpose:
To insure that medications are administered in a supervised and safe environment
Commentary/Procedural Points:
If medication is given during school hours, written administration procedures from the student’s doctor/licensed health care practitioner are given to designated school personnel.
Unauthorized personnel do not dispense medication.
Written medication authorization from the student’s doctor/licensed health care practitioner is to be submitted annually, or as needed, and is kept on file as long as the student is enrolled in the school.
During a school-sponsored field trip, designated school personnel transport and dispense medications.
All medications must be kept under lock and key and inventory properly monitored.
If medication is missing, parents must be notified, and a police report must be filed.
Under special circumstances, individual students may be authorized by their physician/licensed health care provider to carry and self-administer prescribed medications (e.g. inhalers, epi-pens).
References:
Form: Parent’s Request and Authorization to Administer Medication to a Pupil in School
https://marylandpublicschools.org/about/Documents/DSFSS/SSSP/SHS/medforms/medicationform404.pdf
September 22, 2008