Taking medications at school

Written permission for the dispensing of medication (prescription and/or over-the-counter) must be obtained from the student’s parent/guardian and licensed prescriber.

Parents/guardians are responsible for initiating the procedure for medication administration during the school day. The parent/guardian will also be responsible for notifying supervisors, or the director of school-sponsored extracurricular activities, as well as the Butler Tech/Butler Tech campus nurse designee if there is a need for medication.

The appropriate “Authorization for Prescribed and/or Nonprescribed Medication/Drug or Treatment Form” must be completed by the parent/guardian and the licensed prescriber. The form provides parent permission, medical information, and the licensed prescriber’s order required by Ohio law. A separate form is required for each medication. New forms must be submitted each school year and for each change in medication and/or dosage. No medication will be administered unless this permission, information, and order are provided. Parents must provide a signed copy of the following form.

Authorization for Prescribed and/or Nonprescribed Medication/Drug or Treatment Form

FORMULARIO DE AUTORIZACIÓN PARA MEDICAMENTOS/FÁRMACOS O TRATAMIENTO CON Y/O SIN RECETA

The student is responsible for reporting on time for medication administration.

Students are not permitted to carry any medication to, from, or during school (except emergency medications designated by the state such as insulin, albuterol, glucagon, and epinephrine). Consequently, the parent is advised to deliver medication directly to Butler Tech/Butler Tech campus nurse designee.

All medications must be delivered in the original container, be non-expired, and be properly labeled with directions for administration. Over-the-counter medications should be in the new and unopened packages in which they were purchased. The student’s name must be clearly visible on the container/packaging. The parent must supply the school with the exact dosage.

It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to ensure a continuous supply of medication for the student, as well as to be aware of the quantity of medication supplied to the school and when additional medication is needed.

The medication will be administered in accordance with the licensed prescriber’s instructions.

Students MAY NOT carry or administer their own medication with the following exception:

1. As allowed by State and Federal law, a physician may order that a student carry certain self-administered medications that may prevent a situation of the potential risk to the life or long-term disability.
2.  Butler Tech or the Butler Tech campus nurse designee will be a member of the school team to discuss how this will be implemented.

All student medications will be securely stored in the designated clinic/office. The parent should supply additional emergency medications to the campus clinic/office in addition to the student’s self-carried medications.

The district medication policy and all procedures for implementing the policy also apply to giving Tylenol/Ibuprofen for menstrual cramps or discomfort from dental braces and/or giving any other over-the-counter medication (Tums, Gas-X, Lactaid, vitamin, etc.)

All sections of the “Authorization for Prescribed and/or Nonprescribed Medication/Drug or Treatment Form” must be completed for any prescribed and over-the-counter medication.

FORMULARIO DE AUTORIZACIÓN PARA MEDICAMENTOS/FÁRMACOS O TRATAMIENTO CON Y/O SIN RECETA