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For any medication to be administered to a student during school hours and/or during school-related events, the school must be provided with:
โข a completed and signed Consent to Administer Medication form
โข the medication with an attached current pharmacy label (that indicates that it is prescribed medication), in its original container, with intact packaging and/or
โข written medical authorisation completed and signed by the prescribing health practitioner
Examples of medical authorisation include:
โข a current pharmacy label with both the student's and doctor's names on it
โข a signed letter from a doctor or other signed written instructions from the prescribing health practitioner
𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩.
More information (including this form), can be found at:
Administration of medications in schools procedureโ
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