School and health staff from St. Mary’s County Public Schools are prohibited from providing or administering medication to any student attending St. Mary’s County Public Schools except in accordance with the Maryland State School Health Services Guidelines and the School Health Services Manual.
St. Mary’s County Public Schools encourages the administration of medication at home. Timing of medication doses should be adjusted to occur either before or after school hours if medically appropriate. When there is medical necessity for a student to receive medication in school, safe and proper administration is essential.
Medication (to include OTC), with the exception of stock naloxone and auto-injector epinephrine, will not be kept or administered by school health services personnel without the receipt of a St. Mary’s County Public School’s Prescriber’s Medication Order Form or a Maryland State School Medication Administration Authorization Form (collectively referred to as Medication Order Form through this regulation). The form must be completed and signed by an authorized prescriber, as well as a parent/legal guardian, without deletion or alteration and must accompany medication to be administered. A stamp with the prescriber's signature is permitted; a printed name stamp alone is not acceptable.
For full policy see Board Docs JHCD-R Administration of Medication to Students, Revised August 6, 2024
