Medication

Medication During School Hours:

• The Stroudsburg Area School District, in compliance with the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Education, has established the following rules:
  
  
  • NO medication, including all over the counter medication ( e.g. Tylenol, Advil, eye drops, etc.) , will be administered during school hours without a written authorization from the attending physician and written permission from the parent/guardian.
    
    
  • Medication must be in an original labeled container (pharmacist instructions reflecting current order secured to the container) with student name. Medication must be taken to the health office.
    
    
  • Medication must be administered by the school nurse or principal/designated person, with the exception of asthma inhalers. Students who choose to carry and self administer asthma inhalers in the school setting, MUST have a signed physician’s order specifying permission to carry and self administer the medication and that the child is responsible and capable of self- administration. Students who carry their own inhalers MUST have a 2nd emergency back up inhaler in the nurse’s office.
    
    
  • Students are responsible to report to the nurse at the appropriate time for their medication to be given.
    
    
  • At NO time is medication to be carried by students unless a physician’s order states that they must do so.