The Nurse’s Office at CCE is a busy place, averaging 50 student visits per day. Nursing services include, but are not limited to: acute illness assessment, chronic disease management, emergency planning, medication administration, monitoring immunization compliance, rendering first aid, and completion of state mandated health screenings. The following highlights are provided for your information:

Medicine must be delivered by a parent/guardian in the original container with full prescribing information attached and a completed Permission for Medication form No more than a 30 day supply of controlled substances will be accepted, and must be in the most recent bottle.

A doctor’s signature is required for prescription medicine.  They may sign the Permission for Medication form or you may submit a copy of the prescription. Over-the-counter medications may be administered with a parent’s signature. Medicine will not be administered unless the above criteria are met.

Please refer to the DHEC school exclusion list for help in determining when to keep your child home. 

DHEC School Exclusion List

Nurse/Medication Information / When to Stay Home

Staying Home From School by SC DHEC If you think that your child has an illness that can be spread to others, please keep him or her home from school.

The linked information below provides information from SC DHEC regarding illnesses and school.

http://www.scdhec.gov/library/CR-010752.pdf

Updated January 31, 2016 by SC DHEC