School Health Center locations: Your School Health Center consists of a seamless partnership of the School District and Shawnee Health Service, both dedicated to the health and well-being of your child.
Murphysboro Wellness can see any student, family member of the student, faculty/staff, and family member of faculty/staff of Murphysboro Community Unit School District #186 .
A Medical Provider (Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician’s Assistant), a Dental Provider (Dentist, Dental Hygienist, or Dental Assistant), a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), a Licensed Dentist, and a Nutritionist are/may be available on site and/or by video visit to provide primary health care, dental care, counseling, and nutritional consultation. We are happy to serve as your primary care provider or on an as-needed basis when your health care provider is not available. To help with continuity of your healthcare, we will send copies of visit notes to your designated health care provider to keep them up to date with your health care needs.
Services Provided: We offer the same care that you can get at most primary care physician offices. This includes:
- Routine medical care, examinations, assessments, and screenings including emergency, preventative, acute, and chronic care
- Routine dental care, examinations, fluoride treatments, and sealants or Dental referrals
- Laboratory Testing
- School and Sports Physicals
- Immunizations
- Nutrition Counseling
- Health education and wellness promotion including, but not limited to smoking cessation, healthy lifestyles, injury prevention, abstinence/sex education, and substance abuse education
- Suturing of minor lacerations
- Counseling services
- Referrals as needed for alcohol, tobacco, and drug and substance abuse counseling
- When medically indicated, only testing for pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS will be performed
- Students who disclose that they are sexually active will receive STD screenings
- Students who present for Confidential Services, such as performing a urine pregnancy test, will also have the urine sent to the state lab for GC/Chlamydia testing
- Family Planning services will be provided in the form of appropriate health education which includes abstinence
Sharing of Information with the School District: We will not share any of your health information with school officials and school officials will not share any of your health information with the School Health Center. However, you may find it convenient if you give us permission to give or exchange records with school officials so that a student’s school required health records are updated and the School Health Center has accurate and complete physicals and immunization information. For example, students entering Kindergarten, 6th grade, and 9th grade must have completed school physicals with updated immunization information before classes can be attended. Students involved in sports must have a sports physical on file to participate in practices or games.
If you would like for the School Health Center to give or exchange information with the school, please complete the section at the end of this form. You do not have to sign this release. If you do sign the release, the School Health Center will release information until the student leaves the school district or until you revoke or withdraw your permission. To withdraw your permission, you must send a request to: HIPAA Officer, Shawnee Health Service, 109 California Street, P.O. Box 577, Carterville, Illinois 62918-0577