GARDNER SCHOOL DISTRICT HEALTH SERVICES

 

MEDICATION, PHYSICALS, AND IMMUNIZATION

 

Medications used during school hours must be administered and/or supervised by the School Nurse according to a specific medication plan.  This plan must include written directions from the prescribing physician, including time, dose, and type.  Medications are stored in the nurse’s office at all times, with the exception of being brought on field trips when necessary.  Medications scheduled after 10AM will not be administered on half days in the schools that are dismissed at 10:15.  Medications scheduled after 11AM will not be administered on half days in the schools that are dismissed at 11:15.  School Nurses will arrange with parents and make sure that this is acceptable. 

Tylenol, Tums, and Ora-gel are available to any student who has returned a signed Parent Authorization for Over-the-Counter Medications form.  This one form will allow the school nurse to administer these medications when needed throughout the school day. 

Physical Exams are required upon entrance to the school system, in fourth, sixth, and ninth grades, and yearly for students enrolled in sports programs sponsored by the school system. 

Immunizations are a requirement for entrance to all schools.  Massachusetts Public Health Law requires that students without acceptable health records be withdrawn from school after a five-day grace period.

 

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

Child Care/       Preschool

Kindergarten

Grades 1-6

Grade 7-12

College

Hepatitis B

3 doses

3 doses

3 doses

3 doses

3 doses for all health science students and all full-time undergraduate and graduate students

DTaP/DTP/     DT/Td

> 4 doses DTaP/DTP

5 doses DTaP/DTP

> 4 doses DTaP/DTP or                              > 3 doses Td

4 doses DTaP/DTP or   > 3 doses Td;  plus 1 Td booster

1 Td  booster                within last 10 years

Polio

> 3 doses

4 doses

> 3 doses

> 3 doses

N/A

Hib

1 to 4 doses

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

MMR

1 dose

2 doses measles,

1 mumps, 1 rubella

2 doses measles,

1 mumps, 1 rubella

2 doses measles,

1 mumps, 1 rubella

2 doses measles,

1 mumps, 1 rubella

Varicella

1 dose

1 dose

1 dose

< 13 yrs - 1 dose          > 13 yrs - 2 doses

N/A

Meningococcal

N/A

N/A

N/A

1 dose for all new    full-time students    who will be living in a dormitory or comparable  congregate living arrangement

1 dose for all new full-time students who will be living in a dormitory or comparable congregate living arrangement

Lead screening

N/A

Screening done upon entry

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Rj 10/31/08