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Policy subcommittee backs referral to allow trained school staff to administer medicines on field trips
Summary
The Fall River Policy Subcommittee voted to refer an amendment to Policy JCLB that would permit trained, unlicensed school personnel to administer certain medicines off school grounds after nurse approval and parental written authorization.
The Fall River School Committee Policy Subcommittee on May 27 referred a proposed amendment to Policy JCLB that would allow trained, unlicensed school staff to administer certain medications to students during off-site activities such as field trips.
The proposed change would reintroduce a state-approved “med delegation” process: after a school nurse approves delegation, designated staff must watch a training video and demonstrate competency before being allowed to carry and give a student’s medication on a trip, a district nurse said. The nurse described the policy as applying to oral medications and…
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