Medication+Administration

If medication must be given to a student at school, please follow the guidelines listed below:
 * All medication must be stored in the clinic except in special circumstances for a student with asthma, diabetes or a life threatening allergy. Special education classrooms will work one on one with campus nurse for medication procedures.
 * All prescription medication MUST be in the original container with pharmacy prescription label. No more than **one month’s supply **of medication, in a prescription labeled bottle, shall be brought to the clinic at one time. ALL prescription medication will be counted and documented upon arrival to the clinic.
 * Over the counter medication MUST be in the original container with the student’s name on the container. Due to limited storage, no more than a **__30 count container __**shall be stored in the clinic. Over the counter medications may be left in the clinic during the entire school year with a parent’s signature. We are unable to store any mediation at the school during the summer and will dispose of all medication left in the clinic after the last day of school.
 * Over the counter medications will be given according to the label on the package unless otherwise directed by a physician.
 * Over the counter medications will not be given for more than 5 consecutive school days without a physician’s signature.
 * MISD Medication Administration Form must be complete with parent’s signature.
 * All prescription medication given over 10 days will **REQUIRE **a physician’s signature.
 * No medication container may contain more than one (1) type of medication.
 * Medications prescribed or requested to be given three (3) times per day or less are not to be given at school unless the nurse determines that a special need exists.
 * A student MAY NOT share medication with another student. Siblings MAY NOT share medication.
 * MISD registered nurses do not administer dietary or herbal supplements.
 * In accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, Texas Code, Section 217.11, the school nurse has the responsibility and authority to refuse to administer medications that in the nurse’s professional judgment are not in the best interest of the student.