Student-Athlete Health Information

Parents/guardians are responsible for providing accurate information and ensuring that any and all medical information concerning your student's health, medical concerns, injuries, medications and allergies are reported to the Athletic Department & coaches.  

Medications in the health room are only accessible during school hours. For activities outside of school hours, parents/guardians must provide separate medication and instructions to coaching staff or trained adults if the student is not approved to self-carry.

Important Information for Student-Athletes

Note: These steps must be completed in addition to completing Final Forms registration.

Parents/guardians are responsible for providing accurate information and ensuring that any and all medical information concerning your child's health, medical concerns, injuries, medications and allergies are reported to the Athletic Department & coaches.  

All student-athletes with chronic or potentially life-threatening health conditions who are participating in sports must have a health plan on file with the school nurse to manage health conditions prior to the first day of practice or their participation may be delayed. Contact your school for more information.

• Health room staff are not present after school hours. 

• Medications stored in the health room for use during school hours are not accessible to staff outside of school hours.

For student-athletes with asthma and/or severe allergies:

• Student-athletes prescribed an epinephrine auto injector and/or an inhaler must have a Authorization for administration of medication at school for the medication that specifies if the student-athlete is authorized by their healthcare provider to self-carry their medication. 

• If authorized, student-athletes must have the medication present and immediately accessible at every practice and game. 

• Parents/Guardians of students not authorized to self-carry their medication must provide an unexpired epinephrine auto injector and/or inhaler to the coach or athletic trainer at every practice and/or game.

Student-athletes with diabetes:

• Health room staff are not present on campus outside of school hours; they do not remain on campus for after school practices, games or events. 

• Student-athletes with diabetes must have an adult trained and authorized to administer emergency medications for low blood sugar emergencies. 

• The statute (RCW 28A.210.330) defines a Parent-Designated Adult (PDA) as "a volunteer, who may be a school employee, who receives additional training from a healthcare professional or expert in diabetes care selected by the parents, and who provides care for the child consistent with the individual health plan."

• Only a licensed healthcare provider or a Parent Designated Adult (PDA) may administer intramuscular glucagon. 

• A PDA agreement must be on file with the school and the designee must be trained to care for persons with diabetes. 

• Additionally, students with diabetes must have their diabetic supplies available and immediately accessible while at practices and/or games. This should include fast-acting sources of glucose. 

• Contact your District RN to review your student's Individualized Health Plan.

Student-athletes with seizure disorder:

• Student-athletes prescribed an emergency seizure medication must have a medication-at-school order for the medication and must provide an unexpired dose of the medication to the coach or athletic trainer at every practice and/or game. 

• Only a licensed healthcare provider or a Parent Designated Adult (PDA) may administer intramuscular or rectal seizure medications. 

• Treatment of seizures is highly individualized. Contact your School Nurse to review your student's Individualized Health Plan.

• Medications in the health room are only accessible during school hours. Parents/Guardians must provide separate medication and instructions to coaching staff or trained adults for activities outside school hours.