Health and Wellness

Exclusion from School for Health Reasons

State law requires that children be excluded from school for the following reasons:

• Contagious health problem.
• Lack of immunizations except when having a waiver through CAIR.
• Children with head lice will be excluded from school until the hair has been treated.
• Fever or vomiting within the last 24 hours.

Illness or Accident at School
In case of an accident requiring the services of a doctor, we request that parents keep us informed of any changes of address or phone numbers. We will make every effort to contact a parent before the child is taken to a doctor. If it is necessary for a student to go home because of illness, contagious health problem, or injury, the parent or person listed on the emergency card (if the parent cannot be contacted) will be requested to pick the child up in the office. Please remember that we cannot keep a seriously ill child at school. In the event of a serious illness or accident, Alexander Valley Union School District personnel will:

1. Contact parents when possible.
2. Contact other authorized persons listed on the child’s emergency card, if possible.
3. Contact child’s physician if above persons cannot be reached.
4. In extreme emergencies, an ambulance will be called, and the child will be taken directly to the hospital. The parents will be contacted.
5. We will keep an Authorization to Consent to Treatment of a Minor signed by you at the school. This allows the hospital to treat life threatening and non-life threatening conditions, i.e., x-rays, sutures, etc.

As you can see, it is ESSENTIAL that contact numbers be CURRENT so parents or their designated substitute can be contacted immediately for decisions regarding illness or injury. If parents have special requests for the emergency plan for their child, they should contact the school office.

Authorization for Administration of Medication    

MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION FORM

Medical treatment is the responsibility of the parent and the family physician. Medications are rarely given at school. The parent is urged to work with the physician to plan a medication schedule for non-school hours. If it is an absolute necessity that medication be given at school:

1. We MUST have a completed Authorization for Administration of Medication Form (see link above). The form must be filled out by a physician and be signed by the physician and a parent. (Education Code 49423)  
2. Medication must be in a pharmacy container, labeled with the student’s name; the name of the medication; proper dosage and instructions; name of the prescribing physician; name of the pharmacy or manufacturer who dispensed the medication.
3. These forms must be renewed each school year.
4. (This is also the policy for over the counter drugs, such as aspirin, eye drops, cough drops, etc.)

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