{"id":25,"date":"2015-04-15T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T19:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:09:50","slug":"medication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/medication\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration of Medication During School Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Statute 1006.062, as well as St. Johns County School Board Rule 5.15, authorizes school personnel to assist the student in the administration of prescription medications.\u00a0 Parents\/Guardians are encouraged to administer medications at home prior to or after school hours.<\/p>\n

Florida Statue 1006.062 – Administration of medication and provision of medical services by district school board personnel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

School Board Rule 5.15 – Administration of Medication During School Hours<\/a>
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Parent\/Guardian Medication Policy Guidelines and Authorization Form<\/strong><\/p>\n

If medication is necessary during the school day, there are guidelines that must be followed to keep your student safe.\u00a0 Please click below to read the guidelines for parents\/guardians.\u00a0 An authorization form must be completed and signed by the parent\/guardian to assist in the administration of medication\/treatment.<\/p>\n

Medication Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

Authorization to Assist in the Administration of Medication Treatment<\/a><\/p>\n

Asthmatic Students:\u00a0 Possession of Inhalers – Florida Statute 1002.20(3)(h)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florida law states that an asthmatic student may carry a prescribed metered dose inhaler on his\/her person while in school with approval from his\/her parent and<\/em><\/strong> physician.\u00a0 Parents must download and complete the section on the authorization form listed above before a student may carry and self-administer his\/her metered dose inhaler.<\/p>\n

Permission for Student to Self-Administer Non-Prescription Medication<\/strong><\/p>\n

School Board Policy 5.15 – Administration of Medication during school hours, states that “all prescription and non-prescription medication administered by the school at the elementary, middle and high school level must be directed by a physician who has determined that a student’s health and well-being requires medication during school hours.\u00a0 All non-prescription medication in the possession of students at the middle and high school, not administered by the school, requires written permission from the parent to the school.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Parent Permission for Student to Self-Administer Non-Prescription Medication<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida Statute 1006.062, as well as St. Johns County School Board Rule 5.15, authorizes school personnel to assist the student in the administration of prescription medications.\u00a0 Parents\/Guardians are encouraged to administer medications at home prior to or after school hours. Florida Statue 1006.062 – Administration of medication and provision of medical services by district school […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}