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As the school staff works with you this
year, we need your assistance and cooperation in preparing for the
possibility that your child might need to take medication, become
ill, or have an accident during school hours. We
hope this letter will explain our procedures.
Emergency
Information
Emergency contact
information should be updated annually by the parent or legal guardian within five (5)
days of the beginning of the new school year (as well as upon entering
a Fulton County School) by returning the Emergency Contact Information
form to the school. Schools may ask for additional updates at the
beginning of the second semester. You can make copies yourself or
request additional Emergency Contact Information forms from the school
in the event that the student condition changes. The school should be
informed of any student who has a medical condition, chronic illness,
requires assistance for any medical procedure or problem, or takes
daily medication.
Current accurate health and phone information enables the school to
contact you in case of emergency or illness and will enable us to ensure
the health and well being of the student. If any information changes
during the school year, please contact the school immediately. It is the
parent or legal guardian's responsibility to update the student's heath
information appropriately. In case of serious accident or illness
at school, your child will be transported by ambulance to an emergency
medical facility. The parent/legal guardian is responsible for all
expenses.
Prescription/Non-Prescription
Medication
Medication time schedules should be set
so that when possible, medicine is taken at home rather than at school. However, if medication must be
taken at school, the following procedures apply:
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Medication Administration Form - The
parent/legal guardian and physician must complete an authorization and instruction form entitled
"Authorization To Give
Medication At School".
For prescription medication, your physician must also
sign the form. Non-prescription medication only requires
the signature of the parent/legal guardian. Click on the
form name above for a copy of this form. You can make copies yourself or request
additional forms from the school. The completed form MUST
accompany any medication that is to be given in school, so be sure to
take this form to your physician whenever your child is ill. The
school CANNOT give medications without the accompanying
form. The same form is used for Prescription and
Non-Prescription medications. This form is only good for one
school year. A faxed copy of the form from your doctor's
office is acceptable after parent/legal guardian
signature. Please us a separate form for each medication.
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The medication
(along with the authorization form), must be taken to the
school office/clinic for central storage. The
parent/guardian should take the medication to school; however, if
this is not possible, the student should
be instructed to take the medication and the authorization form
directly to the school
office/clinic upon arrival at school. Please instruct your
student that under NO circumstances should medication be shown or shared with
another student! It is essential for parent/legal guardian
to bring controlled substance medications to the school
personally. Note: In High School, the medication
form is only used when supervision, storage, or administration
by the school is required.
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Only the medication in its original
container from the store or pharmacy is accepted. Medications
should not be sent mixing dosages or different medications
into one bottle. Do not send any medications in baggies, foil,
or daily dosage containers of any kind. Non-prescription
medication in small bottle size are preferred due to limited
storage space. Both prescription and non-prescription
medication sent to school must have current labeling on the
bottle. Medication in bottles that have expired labeling will
not be given to the student. The medication in the
bottle must MATCH the label, MATCH the student, and have a
CURRENT prescription label on the bottle. A new
prescription bottle with correct labeling is required for any
dosage change. The school cannot alter dosages without a new
authorization form from you and /or your doctor/health care
provider.
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At the designated time, the student
will go to the office/clinic to take the medication. Assistance/supervision will be in
accordance with the instructions on the authorization form.
The parent/legal guardian should notify the school if
assistance is needed for the student to maintain an
appropriate medication schedule. Medication is a parental
responsibility, therefore Fulton County Schools school employees will not assume any liability for
supervising or assisting in the administration of
medication and teh school system retains the privilege of
refusing to supervise/assist in administering medication,
except where otherwise required by law..
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Unused medication should be
retrieved from the school office/clinic within one week after
medication is discontinued; otherwise, the school
will dispose of the medication. Medication left at the end of the
school year will be discarded.
Student Illness
/ Injury
Sick students who are contagious and/or
have a fever greater than 100.2 MUST NOT be sent to school. When a student becomes ill at school, the
parent MUST ARRANGE for the student to be
taken home. On the Student Enrollment and/or Emergency Contact
Form, please list friends/relatives as emergency contacts for you
student when you cannot be reached. Please list your pager and cell
phone numbers. This information is especially important if you student
travels a distance to and from the home area to the school site. We
discourage transporting a very ill or injured student home by the
school bus.
By working together, we can strive to
ensure the health and well-being of every student so that he/she can benefit from the educational program.
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Medications/Illness