MEDICATION

Prescription Medications
Montgomery County Public Schools personnel may give oral prescription medication to students only with a physician/dentist/licensed nurse practitioner’s written order and written permission from the student’s parent or guardian.  Such medicine must be in the original container, and parents are requested to deliver the medication to the principal, school nurse, or the principal’s designee. 

Self-Administration of Medication
Self-administration of prescription medications is prohibited for students in grades nine through twelve with one exception.  Medications needed in medical emergency such as inhalers, epi-pens, or glucose tablets may be kept in the possession of a student and may be self-administered only with a physician/licensed nurse practitioner’s written order and written parental permission that is on file with the school. 

Students in grades nine through twelve may self-administer non-prescription medications under the following conditions: 
*  written parental permission for self-administration of specific non-prescription medication is on file with the school;
*  the non-prescription medication is in the original container and appropriately labeled with manufacturer’s directions;
*  the original container is appropriately labeled with the student’s name; and
*  the student possesses only the amount of non-prescription medicine needed for one school day/activity. 

All students needing to take prescription or non-prescription medication are required to report to the main office for appropriate forms and procedures.  Under no circumstances are students to be in possession of any medications without following proper procedures.  Sharing, borrowing, distributing, manufacturing or selling any medication (prescription or non-prescription) is prohibited.  Permission to self-administer prescription or non-prescription may be revoked if the student violates this policy.  The student will be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the Code of Conduct and the Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy. 

Sharing and distributing prescription medication may result in a recommendation of expulsion.  Using any medicine or ingredient for medicine for purposes other than the medicines’ intended purpose will be considered a violation of the Drug Policy.