Health Services

Health Specific Guidelines for Excluding Students

Providence Hall Charter School does not provide health insurance or medical insurance coverage for students. The responsibility for ensuring students have medical insurance rests with students’ parents/guardians. Insurance policies may be purchased by parents/guardians for students in the private insurance marketplace.

Elementary

Providence Hall Elementary has a registered nurse on staff full time. The nurse oversees the medical needs of the students and ensures all student health needs are being met.

Junior High and High School

Providence Hall has a registered full time nurse who splits time between the Junior High and High School campuses. The nurse oversees the medical needs of the students and ensures all student health needs are being met at both campuses.

Medication

Medication can be administered at school under the following conditions:

• All medication/pills, whether they are prescription or over-the-counter, must be kept and administered by the main office. No medications, including aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen will be given to a student, except from the school nurse with the permission of a parent/guardian, which can be given via telephone.
• Prescription medications must be brought to the main office in their original prescription bottle and accompanied by the completed “School Medication Authorization Form” signed by a parent/guardian and a physician.
• If your child must take short-term medication (antibiotics, etc.) for any reason, please make arrangements to administer the doses yourself.
• Students may carry a daily dose of necessary medication or a multi-dose medication for diseases such as asthma or diabetes if a parent/guardian and the health care provider have completed and submitted the “School Medication Authorization Form.”

School Medication Authorization Form

Individual Health Plans

If your student has individual health concerns or allergy needs please contact the school nurse to discuss an Individual Health Plan (IHP) for your student. Diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, and similar conditions, which could require emergency treatment, should be brought to the attention of school personnel immediately and in the online registration and information update completed in Skyward at the beginning of each school year. This information is important for the safety of your child.

Parents/guardians are responsible for providing allergy/health appropriate food or snacks for their child during class parties or other events at school.

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Action Plan

Asthma Action Plan

Accidents and Injuries

Please ensure you have the names, phone numbers, and addresses of individuals who should be contacted in an emergency are updated when you complete the online registration and information update completed in Skyward at the beginning of each school year. Update this information promptly if it changes at any time by contacting the front office.

All accidents on campus are to be reported to the office where immediate care can be arranged. Students injured at school are not to leave school without contacting parents/guardians and receiving proper administrative authorization. Schools cannot release any student unless a parent/guardian is contacted. If a student becomes ill, (s)he should report to the office for assistance.

Students and parents/guardians may expect these procedures to be followed in the event of an accident at school:

1. The student should report to the teacher his/her injury and what happened.
2. If minor medical attention is needed, the teacher will bring the student to the office.
3. In a more serious situation, a parent/guardian will be called immediately.
4. School personnel cannot take a child to a health care provider unless it is an absolute emergency. School personnel will call 911 if immediate emergency medical attention is needed.
5. We do not diagnose ailments or administer any medications in connection with an accident.

Vision and Hearing Screenings

The State of Utah mandates periodic vision screenings. Providence Hall routinely conducts vision and hearing screenings. Notification is sent home prior to a screening. Screenings are also conducted for special education students and upon teacher or parent/guardian request. A parent/guardian at any time may request that their child be exempt from the screenings.

PHCS Vision Screening Opt-Out Form