FKCS Medication Policy
The Fort Knox Community Schools require that all students who need medication during school hours adhere to the following:
- The parent or legal guardian must sign the "Permission To Give Medication At School" consent form.
- Medication must be brought to school by the parent or guardian in the original prescription bottle, properly labeled ("For School Use Only") by a registered pharmacist to the school nurse. Children will not transport medication to or from school.
- The nurse will remove the amount of medication needed for school to complete the treatment and send the original home.
- For long term medication (longer than 4 weeks), the nurse should be provided with a separate prescription bottle which is labeled "For School Use" or has the initials ESBP (extra school bottle please) written on the label.
- The very first dosage of any medication will NOT be given at school.
NO CHILD IS TO TRANSPORT MEDICATION TO OR FROM SCHOOL.
In the event that the nurse is not available, the school principal or his/her designee will give the medication.
Bacitracin Ointment is used for cuts and scratches when the nurse feels it is indicated. Calamine lotion is kept on hand for use on poison ivy/oak.
NO OVER THE COUNTER OR NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE NURSE UNLESS ORDERED BY THE PHYSICIAN AND THE BOTTLE/BOX HAS A PRESCRIPTION LABEL ON IT. THIS INCLUDES COUGH DROPS/THROAT LOZENGES.
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