Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD #275

The district employs two part-time nurses.

Area hospitals are located in Rochelle and Dixon.

Students who require medication during the school day may bring the medication to school following these guidelines:

1. A written order for the medication must be obtained from student’s licensed prescriber;

2. Medication must be brought to the school in the original package or prescription bottle;

3. The parents/guardians will be responsible at the end of the treatment regime for removing from the school any unused medication, which was prescribed for their child.

A student may self-administer medication with parental consent and after the School Medication Authorization Form is on file with the building principal. The medication shall be stored for the student, unless the student requires an inhaler for his/her asthma. In that case, the student may carry his/her inhaler at all times as long as a doctor’s note is provided to the school. Students will self-administer medication in 20 the school office in the presence of either an administrator or a member of the school office staff, who shall initial the record that reports when the student self-administered.

All students are to have a physical exam card on file in the office. Students entering kindergarten, 6th and 9th grades must have a current physical exam and proof of necessary immunizations before entering their grade.

The Illinois School Code requires that each child present proof of having immunizations and health examinations in accordance with the law and rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health upon:

• entering Kindergarten, 6th and 9th grade

• transferring from another school outside of Illinois, irrespective of grade.

A sports physical does not count as a school physical.

The Illinois School Code also requires that each child in kindergarten, 2nd and 6th grades present proof of having an oral health examination in accordance with the law and rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health by May 15 of the current school year. Vision Examinations All students enrolling in Kindergarten or in school for the first time shall present proof before October 15 of the current school year that the student received an eye examination within one year prior to entry to kindergarten or the school.

All students enrolling in Kindergarten or in school for the first time shall present proof before October 15 of the current school year that the student received an eye examination within one year prior to entry to kindergarten or the school.

Children whose parent or legal guardian objects on religious grounds need not receive the immunizations if they present to the appropriate school authorities a signed statement of objection which details the grounds for such objections; these objections are due by the first day of school or the child will be excluded from school until such time as proof is presented.

If the physical condition of the child precludes immunization on medical grounds, the examining physician shall indicate the reasons. Children exempted for religious or medical reasons are considered to be in compliance with the immunization provisions of the law, but they may or may not be exempt from participation in required physical education programs.