Giles County High ~ Medication Guidelines

 If your child requires medication at school, the following guidelines must be followed:

• The medication must be brought to school and taken to the nurse by a reasonable adult. It cannot be sent to school on the bus or carried into the school by a child. This medicine must be in a properly labeled prescription bottle or if this medicine is an over-the-counter medication it must be in a new, unopened bottle. School personnel must be assured that they are giving what the bottle says it contains. Any medicine sent to school in a ziplock bag will not be given (this includes cough drops).
• All medication must be accompanied with a note from the parent giving permission for the medicine to be given at school. If this medication is prescribed by a physician, a doctor’s order must be on file in the nurse's office. These forms, to be completed by the doctor or parents, may be picked up at the nurse's office.
• Medications, such as antibiotics, that are to be administered 3 times a day should be given at home on the following schedule: 
  • when the child gets up
  • when the child gets home from school
  • when the child goes to bed
• The parent is responsible for picking up any remaining or unused medication. If the parent does not pick up the remaining or unused medication it will be “flushed” at the end of the school year.