Health Services are provided by medical professionals to promote and maintain the health of all school children. Our medical staff are available during school hours for any student who feels ill or is injured during the school day. The school is responsible and permitted to deliver limited and initial first aid care for school related accidents only. The school nurse cannot do daily dressings of wounds incurred at home or at school unless a doctor's note is provided.
Children attending day care and pre-K through 12th grade in New York State must receive all required doses of vaccines on the recommended schedule in order to attend or remain in school. This is true unless they have a valid medical exemption to immunization. This includes all public, private, and religious schools. A medical exemption is allowed when a child has a medical condition that prevents them from receiving a vaccine. There are no nonmedical exemptions to school vaccine requirements in NYS.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) establishes the recommended vaccine schedule and determines when vaccines are due.
Within 14 days of the first day of school, parents must:
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Show proof of their child's up-to-date vaccinations, OR
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Provide a valid medical exemption from vaccination.
In order to attend or remain in school, children who are unvaccinated or overdue must receive at least the first dose of all required vaccines within the first 14 days. They also must receive subsequent vaccines in the series within a 14-day period of when they are due to complete the immunization series.
If a student requires further medical attention due to illness or injury, the school nurse contacts a parent/guardian by phone. It is the families’ responsibility to provide transportation in the event a student needs to go home or needs further medical attention in a timely manner. The school nurses are medical professionals and serve as an important link between home and school. Therefore, it is vital that the school has several up-to-date emergency numbers so we may notify families if their child is ill or injured.
Students who need medication during school hours must have a medication permission form filled out by the doctor specifying the name of student, medication *(in the original bottle with student name, medication name, dose and directions), dosage, time, route, and parent or guardian signature acknowledging the medication is to be given.
If a child is absent from school for 3 or more consecutive days, a doctor's note is required upon return.
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