File:  JLCD - Administering Medicines to Students

Medication may be given legally only by school personnel whom a registered nurse has trained and delegated the task of giving such medication.  No prescription or nonprescription medication shall be administered at school by the school nurse or other school designee without the following requirements being met:

1.  Medication shall be in the original properly-labeled container.  If it is a prescription medicine, the student´s name, name of the drug, dosage, time for administering, name of physician and current date shall be printed on the container.

2.  The school shall have received written permission from the doctor or dentist to administer the medication.

3.  The school shall have received written permission from the parent/guardian to administer the medication.  When such a request is made by a parent/guardian, a full release from the responsibilities pertaining to the administration and consequences of such medications also must be presented.

All medication shall be safeguarded at school to avoid any risk that it may be improperly ingested by anyone.

Adopted:  August 1998

LEGAL REFS.:  C.R.S. 12-38-132

C.R.S. 22-1-119

6 CCR 1010-6, Rule 9-105

6 CCR 1010-6, Rule 9-106

CROSS REF.:    JLCE, First Aid and Emergency Medical Care