2.2.6. Medication Administration

Prescription Medication:

The administration of prescription medication to a student during school hours may be deemed necessary by your healthcare provider. Ohio Revised Code 3313.713 states that no prescription medication can be dispensed by CHCA personnel without a consent form signed by a parent/guardian and by a healthcare provider. A medication permission form should be completed prior to sending any medication to the school.

To request the assistance of school personnel to give medication:
1. Complete the appropriate Medication Permission Form for your students’ grade. These forms can be found on Magnus Health.

• The parents must sign to authorize the school personnel to administer the medication.
• The healthcare provider must sign to authorize the medication.
• The healthcare provider may return the form to the school via fax, hard copy, or email.
  

2. The parents should bring the medication in a Ziplock bag with the student’s name marked clearly on the bag. All medications must be in their original container and the school clinic cannot give expired medication.

• Prescriptions should be labeled with the student’s name, name of the medication, the dosage, the route, the time to be given, and the healthcare provider’s name.
  

Over-the-Counter Medications:

1. Grades Preschool/KPrep-3
   1. The healthcare provider can complete the Preschool Medication Permission Form or the KPrep-3 Medication Permission Form for any over-the-counter medications to be given during the school day. These forms can be found on Magnus Health.
   2. All over-the-counter medications need to be a new, unopened bottle labeled with your student’s name.

2. Grades 4-12
   1. Complete the Over-the-Counter Medication Form for your student’s grade level, grades 4-6 or grades 7-12. These forms can be found on Magnus Health.
   2. Clinics in grades 4-12 will stock the over-the-counter medications listed on the Over-the-Counter Medication Forms. You do not need to send medication to the clinic unless you prefer to or would like to check in an over-the-counter medication not listed on the form. All over-the-counter medications need to be a new, unopened bottle labeled with your student’s name.

Students are not allowed to have medications (prescription or over the counter) on their person, in their backpacks, cars or lockers or self-administer any medications during the school day. The exception is Upper School 7-12 students may carry and self-administer asthma inhalers and epinephrine autoinjectors during the school day and may self-carry medications, if needed, when traveling with CHCA. An Upper School 7-12 Self-Medication Agreement signed by a healthcare provider, parent and student must be on file.

*Access Magnus Health by logging into your Veracross Account and clicking the gold Magnus Health (PK-12 Medical/Other Forms) Link.