STATUTORY CHANGES REGARDING ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO PUPILS
PARENTS:
Please be aware of below information. We have strict laws about medication administration. We need to have medications at school in the original container. Any prescribed medication and also over the counter medications.
See State Law below:
On March 15, 2010, Governor Doyle signed into law ACT 160. This legislation will update Wis. Stat. ch.118.29, or the Administration of Drugs to Pupils and Emergency Care, and the definition of a school nurse in PI34. The legislation is intended to improve the safety of medication administration to students in Wisconsin Schools and to unify the definition of school nurse in Wisconsin statutes. The following are key aspects of the statutory changes, effective March 1, 2011:
- School Administrators and school personnel must receive DPI-approved medication training to be eligible for the civil liability exemption. School districts should carefully select school personnel in need of medication training.
- Documentation of every dose of medication and medication errors must occur.
- Prescription medication must be sent to school in a pharmacy-labeled container with the student’s name, the name of the prescriber, the name of prescription medication, the dose, the effective date, ant the directions for administration. The prescription medication must be supplied by a parent or guardian.
- Non prescription medication must be sent to school in the original manufacturer’s packaging with a list of active ingredients and recommended therapeutic dosage. The over-the-counter medication must be supplied by the parent or guardian.
- Nonprescription drug products may only be administered in higher than the recommended therapeutic dosage by written approval of the medical provider and parent or guardian.
- Glucagon may be administered to students who have known diabetes and are suffering from low blood sugar with an altered state of consciousness.
- Drugs that may be administered in the school setting must be listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary or the official homeopathic pharmacopoeia.
- The school must receive signed orders from the Doctor before administering.
View a full copy of the law.
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