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Health Forms ...
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Vaccination Requirements for 2010-2011 ...
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Health
Services at Bandera ISD ...
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If a student feels ill
or wishes to confer with the school nurse, he or she
must obtain permission from the teacher. Students
are not to report to the nurse's office between
classes without the teacher's permission. Except in
unusual emergencies, parental permission is obtained
before a student is referred and sent to a doctor.
Parents are asked to complete an emergency card each
year that includes a place for parental consent for
school officials to obtain medical treatment for the
student, as permitted by law. Other information that
could be required in case of an emergency should be
provided and updated by the parents as necessary.
The school is not responsible for the costs of
emergency medical treatment or transport.
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Medicine at School ...
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At no time are
students allowed to carry any form of medication on
campus. This includes medicated lip balms, cough
drops, eye preparations, etc. Exception to this rule
is, a student may carry and self-administer certain
medications only with signed permission from a
physician and parent/guardian and notification to
the school nurse. Bandera ISD does not furnish
nonprescription medicines (aspirin, Tylenol,
ibuprofen, cough drops, antacids, etc.) to students
except in emergencies. Neither herbal, holistic,
non-FDA-approved medications nor medications
obtained in foreign countries will be administered
at school. All medications must be in their original
containers. It is the parent/guardian’s
responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of
daily medication at school. A student who must take
a medicine, (either prescription or OTC) must bring
the medicine in its properly labeled container and a
written request from his or her parent to the school
nurse before school.
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All prescription
medications administered by the school must be
accompanied by a signed “BISD Physician-Parent
Request for Administration of Medicine by School
Personnel” form. The nurse will either give the
medicine at the proper times or give the student
permission to take the medicine as directed. A
parent/guardian must sign a permission statement at
the beginning of the school year and must provide
the unopened, OTC/nonprescription medicines they
want their child to receive on an occasional basis.
The parent/guardian must bring the medication and
the signed permission form to the school nurse.
Standing physician’s orders and the
parent/guardian’s signature allow the occasional
administration of the OTC medications. If OTC
medications are to be given on a regular basis for a
an extended period of time, (i.e., ibuprofen daily
at school during lunch for 2 months) permission must
also be given by the student’s physician, as well as
the parent/guardian. All prescription medications
must be properly labeled showing student, route of
administration (i.e. by mouth) name of medication,
dosage, when to be given, expiration date,
physician’s information, etc. How and when the
medicine is administered at school must match the
prescription container. Expired medications will not
be dispensed by the school nurse.
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General Information
About Immunization
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Students with
delinquent immunizations will not be allowed
to start school on August 24, 2009. State law
requires that medically validated up-to-date records
of immunizations be on file for all students.
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Parents should prepare
now to get the necessary shots for their child and
submit documentation to the school office prior to
August 24, 2009. A listing of necessary
immunizations can be found
below.
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Official documentation
of exemptions for either medical reasons or reasons
of conscience, including religious beliefs, must be
submitted to the school office prior to August 24,
as well. A minimum of two weeks should be allowed in
order to obtain an affidavit for exemption for
reasons of conscience from the
Texas
Department of State Health Services.
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