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HEALTH POLICY
Medical Records
Each student must have on file at the school, a record of up-to-date immunizations and a recent physical
examination as well as a School Emergency Form for the current school year. This information must be sent to
the school office by the first day of school, as required by Massachusetts law.
School Emergency Forms
A School Emergency Form must be filled out by the parent at the start of each school year and will be on file in
a readily accessible location in the health office. References to parent(s) below also include legal guardians
and those persons designated as responsible for the child by the parents or guardian. School Emergency Forms
contain the following information:
Student's name, address and home phone number.
Parent's place of employment and phone numbers
Name, address and phone number of relative or neighbor who could be contacted if either parent can't
be located.
Notations about illness, disability, allergy, or other special medication about which the school nurse and
teachers ought to be aware.
Parents are responsible for notifying the office and teacher of changes in the above.
Allergy and Asthma Action Plans
If your child has asthma requiring the use of an inhaler or potentially serious allergies, we will utilize a special one
page Action Plan, which details exactly how to help your child. Included is a section to be completed and
signed by your child’s physician (for any medications), as well as emergency information you provide. Action
Plan forms are available from the nurse or school office.
Screenings
Postural, vision and hearing screenings are not currently conducted at Touchstone. Please be sure to ask your
health care provider to include these screenings in your child’s physical exam. Anytime your child has a
physical please request a copy for their school health record.
Use of Medication in School
1.
The dispensing times of medication should be scheduled, whenever possible, to coincide with the hours
when the child is NOT in school. Parents, in consultation with their physician, should seek alternative times
for administering medication.
2.
If it is determined that medication must be dispensed during school hours the parents may contact the
school nurse (or office staff in her absence) who is responsible for the school medication program. All
parents who request that their child be medicated during school hours will be provided with a Request to
Administer Medication Form which must be signed and returned.
3.
Prescription medications at school always require a physician or nurse practitioner's written order. This can
be their signature on the request to administer medications form, a copy of the written prescription, signed
instructions from the prescriber or their signature on an allergy or asthma action plan. The only exception is
for a 10 day (or less) course of antibiotics where the original pharmacy label can be copied for
documentation.
4.
Non-prescription medication use requires the parent’s signed consent, as well as proper supervision and
documentation. The nurse or her delegate may utilize, when appropriate and with parental consent,
certain common over the counter medications which are listed in detail in the over the counter medication
form.
5.
Children MAY NOT take any medication (prescription or over the counter) without supervision and proper
documentation. At no time may children be in possession of medication.
6.
Medications must be delivered to the school in a pharmacy or manufacturer-labeled container and must