Illnesses

Students who become ill in school are sent to the office for parental notification. Once notified of a sick student, parents must make arrangements to immediately pick their student up. Sick students are not permitted to go back to their class as they may be contagious. They will remain in the office area until picked up by a parent or designated adult. Students who have had a fever are to remain out of school for at least 24 hours after the fever has gone.

Beltsville Adventist School is only able to provide routine first aid for students who become ill or are injured at school. Maryland state law does not allow for any medication, including Tylenol and other over-the counter substances, to be given to students without a completed Medication Authorization form signed by the student’s parent and physician. These forms are available at the school office. A separate form is needed for each medication to be given. When medication is authorized to be administered at school it must be brought to the office in the original bottle with the student’s name, date and dosage marked. No medication, prescription or over-the-counter, is to be held by a student. All medication is to be checked in at the office. When medication is dispensed it is documented in a medication log.