General information

Students requesting to go home for medical issues, need to call from the clinic only. Students must be picked up from the clinic if going home for medical issues. Students leaving for medical reasons will not be allowed to drive themselves.

District Policy states that students are not allowed to carry or bring medication to school. All medication must be brought to the clinic in the original unopened container by a parent or adult. Parents must fill out a permission form to administer medication in the clinic.

Antibiotics and similar medications ordered 1-3 times daily can usually be given at home. Medications 4 times a day can be given at lunch if original container is received in the clinic and parent permission form is filled out.

Inhalers and Epi-Pens are allowed to be carried by the student only after the Physician self-administration medication form has been turned into the nurse. A new Physician form must be turned into the clinic at the beginning of each school year.

Due to Texas Administrative Code Chapter 97 rule 97.7 regarding control of communicable diseases, CFISD will implement the following exclusions policy in efforts to preserve student heath.

*Students who have a temperature at or above 100.0 F must be excluded from school until fever free for 24 hours with out the use of a fever suppressing medications.

*Students with diarrhea must be excluded from school until diarrhea free for 24 hours without the use of a diarrhea suppressing medication.