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Contact Information: Vickie Holden RN School Nurse

Charlene Young RN District School Nurse

Read below for important information		Click here for the Medication form
Hints for the Health Room	Medication at School	Immunizations
Restrictive Injuries	When to Stay Home	Absent Due to Illness
Hints from the Health Room Please complete all information concerning phone numbers. In case of illness or emergency, we must be able to contact you or your designee. Notify the office in writing immediately of any changes in telephone contact numbers. Please be aware that in the event your student needs to be checked out for any reason, you (the parent or guardian) or your authorized designee must come to the school in person and sign the student out in the attendance office. No student will be allowed to check him/herself out. No checkouts will be authorized over the phone.

Medication administration at school Any and all medications to be given during school hours by school personnel must be accompanied by a completed Prescriber / Parent Authorization form. All medications to be given at school require the signature of the Parent and the Health Care Provider (Dr., Dentist, Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant). The only exception to this rule is over-the-counter medications that will begin and finish within 10 days. Students who need to carry their asthma inhaler must complete a different medication permission form by Alabama State Law. That form has one page for physician order and one page for parent / guardian permission. All forms may be printed from this site. See tabs above. Prescription Medications All prescription medications to be given at school during school hours require the signature of the Parent and the health care provider. Those students who need to carry asthma inhalers on their person may do so with express written authorization from the Parent and the Health Care Provider. There is a place on the Prescriber/Parent Authorization form for this. Over the counter medications for use “as needed” This covers any over the counter medication that you wish to provide for your child to have access to during school hours for the duration of that school year. This would include Tylenol, Advil, Tums, etc. According to Hoover City Schools Medication Policy, this situation requires written instruction from the Parent and the Health Care Provider on the Prescriber / Parent Authorization form.* 3. Over the counter medication to be taken for a period of 10 days or less This is the only exception to the rule of Health Care Provider signature. Over the counter medications to be delivered, administered and picked back up in a 10 day period can be administered without a Health Care Provider signature. Parent signature will suffice for this situation. These medications must be picked up by an adult at the end of the10 day period. Medications left in the health room after that time with no Health Care Provider signature will be disposed of. It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to provide Hoover City Schools with any and all medications to be administered to a student during school hours. Hoover City Schools will not provide medication for student use, but will administer provided medication to specified student according to detailed instruction and authorization as required. See above. Over the counter medications must be provided in the original, unopened and clearly marked container that displays a current expiration date. Permission and instructions for medications does not carry over from year to year, but must be renewed each year. Medications should be picked up from school by an adult at the end of the school year. All medications remaining at school 1 week past dismissal for the summer will be disposed of.

Why does my child need an immunization update? The Alabama Department of Public Health requires that every student attending school be current on his/her vaccination status. By the time a student is attending High School, he or she should have received all required childhood vaccinations. At this time, the vaccines of concern are tetanus booster and documented 2^nd dose of MMR. You may receive a letter from the health room informing you that your child’s immunization record is expired and needs to be updated. That means that the immunization record we have on file has expired because it has been 10 years since the last documented tetanus booster. If you receive such a letter, contact your physician as soon as possible to inquire if in fact it has been that long. In that case, your child should be given a tetanus booster and a new blue immunization form from the physician’s office. If your child has been vaccinated more recently, the office will prepare a new blue immunization form reflecting that information. Updated immunization forms should be forwarded to the health room or Registrar’s office at Hoover High School as soon as possible. School enrollment / attendance can be denied on the basis of expired vaccination status. Students with expired immunization records will not be allowed to complete registration until that information is updated.

Attending school with a restrictive injury or illness We often have students attending school with restrictive injuries or illness. If your student is returning to school with an injury or illness that restricts movement or activity, please notify the health room. There are things that we can do to accommodate students during that time of recovery to make it easier for them to be at school. Hoover High School is equipped with 3 elevators. The elevators are restricted to usage by key only. Keys are issued for limited periods of time at a physician’s request and students will be held responsible for following the rules of usage associated with this privilege. Hoover High School cannot provide wheel chairs or crutches to students. Those assistive aides must be arranged for through your physician’s office. Most health insurance plans will cover the costs of that type of equipment if deemed necessary by your physician. Check with your physician or your health insurance provider regarding your personal coverage or excluding conditions.

Attending school with illness There are many minor illnesses that often occur that do not require your child to be absent from school. There are also many illnesses that do require your child to be absent from school, for your child’s protection as well as the protection of the other students and Staff members. Such conditions would include, but are not limited to: Fever of 100 degrees or higher Vomiting Unexplained diarrhea Pink eye ( untreated ) Injury or illness requiring intensive medical services Adverse side effects from medication that need monitoring Head lice or continued presence of nits after treatment of head lice There are also some contagious conditions that carry special requirements about returning to school, such as strept throat, pink eye, chicken pox, flu, etc. If your student has a condition or illness that you are unsure about with regards to school attendance, please contact the health room (205-439-1330) to get information before* sending your child back to school. We want to be a partner in promoting the very highest level of wellness for each student in our school environment.

What if my child is absent due to illness? When your child is absent from school, they must bring a note from you to the attendance office upon their return to explain the reason for absence. Even if the attendance office personnel phoned you regarding the absence, you must still send a note to the attendance office in order for the absence to be excused. Immediately on return to school, the student should make contact with his/her teachers to make arrangements for make-up work. If your child has a test on a day that he/she is really too ill to be at school, please keep your child at home. Do not send your child to school with plans to “just take the test and then call you for check out”. If your child is that ill, he/she will not do well on the test, not to mention that everyone around them will have been exposed to a potentially contagious illness. You may also deliver important projects due that day to the teacher at school for the student if he/she is too ill to attend school that day. Please refer to the Student Handbook for more details.