If there is a need for your child to take medication at school, please follow the following guidelines from our Department of Health Services:

General Information

If your child is on medication, it is recommended that arrangements be made with the prescribing doctor so that the medicine may be taken before or after school hours. If this is not possible, please see the information below to ensure you are in compliance with HCS medication policies.  If you have any questions please contact your school’s nurse. It is the responsibility of the parent to provide refills as necessary throughout the school year and to pick up all unused medication at the end of the school year. Medication not picked up will be discarded.

Please note the following:

• Proper medication permission forms must be completed annually by the prescribing doctor.

• Medication must be brought to the school clinic in a properly labeled, pharmacy issued bottle by a parent or guardian. If the parent or guardian is unable to bring the medication to the school or retrieve such medication by the last student day of the year, another adult may be designated by the parent/guardian via phone or in writing to transport the medication. For this purpose, an adult is defined as someone 18 years of age or older.

• Narcotic analgesics, such as Tylenol with Codeine or Vicodin, will not be given in school.

Medication Request Form SBO 23 pdf

Carrying Medication:
Students may not possess medication at any time during school hours or activities. Exceptions may be made for those students who require certain inhaled asthma medications, self-injected epinephrine, or other emergency medication. Student possession of such emergency medications shall require an additional form signed by a physician, parent, student, and the school nurse. Students who abuse this privilege may lose the ability to carry and self-administer medications.
Authorization to Carry and Self-Administer Medications (SBO 28)
Authorization to Carry and Self Administer Epinephrine (auto-injector)

You may find further information by visiting the HCS HEALTH SERVICES WEBPAGE.

Thank you!