Students who use medication for purposes other than its intended purpose may face disciplinary action. Medications, including over-the-counter, vitamins and supplements, are prohibited from being shared with another student. Permission to self-administer medication may be revoked at any time if Student Health Services staff deems it necessary.
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Student Health Services will only administer medications that are supplied by a US-based pharmacy and in the original pharmacy container with the prescription and ingredient labeling clearly visible in English. In some cases it is too difficult to obtain medication from a US-based pharmacy (e.g. growth hormones), medication manufactured outside the US will only be approved at the discretion of The Bement School’s medical director. We reserve the right to withhold medication that is not labeled correctly in English and if proper physician orders and clearly written instructions in English do not accompany it. If you aren’t able to obtain a prescription from a US-based licensed prescriber, please contact SHS at shs@bement. org before August 1, so that accommodations can be made.
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All controlled substances (including stimulant medication for ADD/ADHD) must be stored in Student Health Services and administered by the nurse or trained staff. If a controlled substance has expired, been discontinued by the prescriber, or the dosage changed, the medication will be destroyed. Discontinued controlled substances will be returned to the family if there is written authorization from the prescriber to release the discontinued medication to the family.
10. Each dorm is equipped with a locked medication cabinet accessible only by trained dorm and Student Health Services staff. Medications, including vitamins and supplements, taken after school hours will be stored in the medication cabinet to be administered by trained staff only.
Off-Sports Upper school students may be excused from sports due to medical reasons. Requests for permission to be excused from sports due to medical reasons should be directed to Student Health Services. Requests to be off-sports for academic reasons should be directed to the academic department. If the student has sustained an injury or has a medical reason that will exclude them from participating in sports: • An order from the medical practitioner should be provided on request from SHS. • Students must be seen in SHS before 10:00am for a request to be excused from sports to be made.
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