PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION - FOR YOUR INFORMATION
YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL OUT THESE FORMS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS SIMPLY SO YOU UNDERSTAND OUR POLICIES ABOUT KEEPING MEDICATION AT EPCS
If your child requires Prescribed Medication at school, they will need the three things below
1. Medical Consent Form
- Authorizes school to administer medicine.
- Every medication (both prescription and non-prescription) requires a medication consent form!
- The form must be signed by parents AND doctor.
- The consent form will include which staff member the parent trained to administer medicine.
- Valid for 1 year after Physician signature date
Click Here to Download a Medical Consent Form
2. Individualized Healthcare Plan (IHCP)
- An individualized Healthcare Plan informs the school on how and when to administer medication.
- An IHCP is typically created by the doctor.
- Parent Signature AND doctor signature required on IHCP.
- If there is more than one medication on your IHCP all of them require a medical consent form!
- Valid for 1 year after Physician signature
Click Here to Download a Individualized Healthcare Plan Form
*In most cases the Individualized Healthcare plan will be provided by Child's Physician. Check that the Healthcare Plan answers all the questions on the linked form.
3. Medication
- Medicine is in the original box and with original label from pharmacy
pharmacy side effects sheet (typically stapled to bag at pharmacy) is required to be kept with the medicine.
- Prescribed Child's name must be on the pharmacy label on the box.
- The check two expiration dates on the medicine!
- The Prescription must be valid (check the “discard after” date on the pharmacy label).
- The medicine must be valid (check expiration date on box itself)