Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 7:270
Students
Administering Medicines To Students
Students should not take medication during school hours or during school-related activities unless it is necessary for a student’s health and well-being. When a student’s licensed health care provider and parent(s)/guardian(s) believe that it is necessary for the student to take a medication during school hours, they must request that the school dispense the medication to their child/ward and otherwise follow the District’s procedures on dispensing medication.
No School District employee shall administer to any student, or supervise a student’s self administration of, any prescription or non-prescription medication until a completed and signed “School Medication Authorization Form” is submitted by the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s). No student shall possess or consume any prescription or non-prescription medication on school grounds or at a school-related function other than as provided for in this policy and its implementing procedures.
A student may possess an epinephrine auto-injector (Epi-Pen®) and/or medication prescribed for asthma for immediate use at the student’s discretion, provided the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) have completed and signed a“ School Medication Authorization Form. ”The School District shall incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury arising from a student’s self-administration of medication or epinephrine auto-injector or the medication’s storage by school
personnel. Parent(s)/guardian(s) must indemnify and hold harmless the School District and its employees and agents, against any claims, except a claim based on willful and wanton conduct, arising out of a student’s self-administration of and epinephrine auto-injector and/or medication or the storage of the medication by school personnel. Under no circumstance shall teachers or other non-administrative personnel, except certified school nurses and non-certificated registered nurses, be required to administer medicine to students.
Nothing in this policy shall prohibit any school employee from providing emergency assistance to students, including administering medication.
The Building Principal shall include this policy in the Student Handbook and shall provide a copy to the parent(s)/guardian(s) of students within 15 days after the beginning of each school year, or within 15 days after starting classes for a student who transfers into the District.
LEGAL REF.: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.14b, 5/10-22.21b, and 5/22-30.
CROSS REF.: 7:270-E (School Authorization Form)
ADOPTED: May 14, 1999
REVISED: January 8, 2001
REVISED: January 28, 2002
REVISED: February 22, 2005
REVIEWED: September 13, 2010
REVISED: October 25, 2010
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