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Health Resources for Parents

If you have any problems digitally accessing the forms on this page, please email [email protected]

 

 

Requirements for Student Medications

A written prescription is required for all medications, including over-the-counter medications, to be given in the school setting.

 

A parent’s/legal guardian’s written consent is also required.

 

All medications (including inhalers) are to be stored in the health room.

 

If a student needs to carry an emergency medication on his/her person, authorization forms completed and signed by the physician, parent, and student are required.

 

Medication permission forms can be sent to you by the school nurse or found here. If you have trouble digitally accessing these forms, please email [email protected].

 

Med Permission Form (English)

 

Med Permission Form (Spanish) 

 

When You Should Keep Your Child Home From School or Child Care for Illness

Click this link for guidelines on illness and return to school (English and Spanish)

 

SC Department of Public Health (DHEC): Vaccinations for 2024-2025 School Year

Click this link to access DHEC's information on required vaccinations

 

Other SC Department of Public Health (DHEC) Resources

Click this link to find parent/guardian information sheets about a number of health conditions and how to address them (preschool age, school age, pre-teens and adolescents). Among them:

 

Cold

Fever

Flu

Head lice

 

DHEC: Updated Guidance on COVID-19 School Exclusion Criteria

(March 2024 Report)

The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) has updated its COVID-19 school exclusion criteria.  You can stay up to date with the latest guidance, as well as other DHEC information about COVID, by clicking this link. A full 5-day isolation period is no longer required. Anyone who receives a positive viral COVID-19 test with fever may return to school 24 hours after the fever has resolved (without the use of fever-reducing medicines) and symptoms are significantly improving. 

 

Student Services

Click here for additional health/wellness information from Lexington Two Student Services