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Board questions medication-authority language, EpiPen and over-the-counter rules
Summary
Trustees flagged inconsistent medication wording and questioned whether physician authorization should be required for OTC items such as Tylenol; they agreed to standardize forms and clarify which medications require physician authorization (e.g., epinephrine injections).
Trustees asked staff to clean up the medication policy, removing erroneous references to external forms and making district forms available from the front office. Several members questioned language that could be read to require physician authorization for over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol; one trustee called that requirement "crazy" and the board discussed aligning the policy with typical practice.
The group agreed that epinephrine (EpiPen) and other injections should be authorized by a physician (or designee such as a physician's assistant) and that the handbook should use consistent wording and specify which district form is required for each medication type. Staff will return with corrected form references and clarified authorization language.
