Medication Policy

We can administer prescription drugs with your explicit authorization, according to these procedures.

Parents must:

• Read and sign acknowledgment of the medication policy.
• Bring only the exact dose we are to give, in the original container. Labeled travel bottles are available from the pharmacist.
• Fill out a parent request form, which includes explicit instructions for administration, emergency instructions and a signature.
• Give the container to the teacher only. Do not put medications either prescription or "over the counter" in lunch boxes or cubbies.
• Teachers have the responsibility for seeing that the medication policy is carried out.
• The teachers designate a safe place in each room, or office out of reach of children, for "medications storage."
• The teacher personally administers medication. The director administers medication in the teacher's absence.
• Before administering medication, the teacher:
  1. Verifies that the information on the container matches the information on the parent request form
  2. Verifies that the prescription is intended for the child we are asked to give it to. It is against the law to give a prescription medication to someone other than the intended patient.
  3. Double-checks to make sure that he or she is giving the medication to the right child.
• After administering the medication, the teacher or director completes the appropriate section on the parent request form.
• In the event of an adverse reaction to the medication, the teacher notifies the director immediately for assistance in following the parent's emergency instructions.