Medication at School

Medication safety is of the utmost importance Bastrop ISD. The district provides nurses on each campus to provide care for students including medication administration. In the event that a nurse is not available, trained school staff are available to provide medications per policy. Without the proper authorization from a physician and parent/guardian, district employees will not give a student the following: prescription medication, nonprescription medication, herbal substances, anabolic steroids, or dietary supplements. 

All medication to be administered by District staff shall be provided according to the Medication Policy FFAC. Medications are to be administered in accordance with our BISD Medication Administration Protocol.

• Prescription and over the counter medications require both a licensed healthcare provider’s order and parent written request on a Medication Authorization Form.

• All medication (including over the counter and prescription) must be in the originally marked labeled container and must be provided by the parent or guardian.

• All medications must be kept in the nurse’s office unless the student is cleared by both the physician, parent/guardian and school nurse to self-carry.

• Medications should be given at home whenever possible such as administered once or twice per day and first doses of medications shall not be given at school.

• Expired Medications will not be given.

• No more than a 30 day supply of medications should be kept on campus.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NURSE MUST HAVE THE PRESCRIPTION LABEL. The prescription label must also match the healthcare provider order. Most often it is easiest to bring the prescription box to school with the medication. If you do not have a prescription label, take the medication to your pharmacy as they can usually reprint a label for school. In addition, many parents administer medications at home as well as at school. A pharmacy can split medications between bottles with prescription labels on each to allow for a bottle at school.

Emergency Medications

All campuses have an emergency supply of epinephrine that campus nurses or other trained school employees may administer in the event of an unexpected, undiagnosed anaphylactic reaction. 

The District has specific procedures regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of epinephrine auto-injectors. The District works to provide sterile auto-injectors that are maintained in the campus nurse clinic, checked periodically, and disposed of properly after use. Staff are appropriately trained as to the right circumstances in which to administer an epinephrine auto-injector in the event of an anaphylactic reaction.

The District authorizes school personnel who have been adequately trained to administer an opioid antagonist in accordance with law and this policy. Administration of an opioid antagonist shall only be permitted when an authorized and trained individual reasonably believes a person is experiencing an opioid-related overdose.