| From the Desk of Your School Nurse
Sandie Manscill, RN, MSN
Dear Parents,
Greetings from the school nurse! Below you will find guidelines that may be
helpful when a student needs medication at school:
We, at Prattville Elementary School, are happy to assist students who need
medication at school, and for safety reasons ask for the utmost compliance
and cooperation regarding very specific district and state requirements.
Most medications, even those scheduled for three times per day, can usually
be given outside of school hours. State law does not permit public schools
to provide Tylenol, Advil or cough preparations or other over-the-counter
medications to students unless these are supplied from home (and have written
parent and physician consent). These will need to be brought in to the
school clinic by the parent, guardian or designated adult.
* Medication: I am happy to assist student who need medications at school,
and request that all medications are brought to school by a parent or
guardian - not a child for reasons of safety.
* Prescription medications and Over the Counter (OTC) medications that must
be given during school hours should be brought to school by a parent or
guardian.
* Medication should be brought to school in the original, unopened package
along with medication authorization form signed by both the physician and a
parent
* For your convenience a medication authorization form is available under
forms
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