District School Nurse

Karina Ramirez, BSN, RN

District School Nurse

(720) 500-1495 x 1235

[email protected]

How Sick Is Too Sick

When to Keep a Sick Child Home From School

Click on "Is my child too sick for school?" found under 'Important Forms'

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Does your child plan on taking medication at school?

Non-Prescription Medication (Over-The-Counter), such as pain medications, cough syrup, cough drops or creams, will NOT be administered without a completed form signed by the parent/guardian and provider. Medications must be brought to school in their original container and clearly marked with the child's name. (See bullet points below)

Prescription Medications will need an order form completed and signed by the parent/guardian and the physician. (See Important forms you may need)

Older students may self carry inhalers and EpiPens with a parent/guardian and health provider's permission.
High school students may carry one day supply of prescription and/or over-the-counter medication (in its own original container) without a "permission to carry" form on file.
Middle schools students may carry one day supply of over the counter medication {in the original container) without a "permission to carry" form. However, a one-day supply of prescription medication requires a "permission to carry" on file.

How are you doing with your child's inhaler supplies?

Immunizations

Immunizations

Colorado law requires all students attending Colorado schools and licensed child cares to be vaccinated against certain diseases unless a medical or non-medical exemption is filed. Schools and child care programs can only accept a medical exemption written on the CDPHE (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) form.

Medical Exemption:

Students with a completed Certificate of medical exemption signed by an advanced practice nurse, a delegated physician assistant, or physician licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in any state or territory of the United States will need to submit this Certificate only once unless the student’s information or school changes.
You can submit a Certificate of medical exemption with CDPHE to include in the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS).

Non-medical Exemption:

There are two ways to submit a nonmedical exemption.

Submit the Certificate of nonmedical exemption WITH a signature from an immunizing provider in Colorado who is a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, advanced practice nurse, delegated physician’s assistant, or pharmacist OR
Submit the Certificate of nonmedical exemption received upon the completion of CDPHE’s Online Immunization Education Module.
Per Colorado Revised Statutes 25-4-2403, immunizing providers who sign the Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption must submit nonmedical exemption data to CIIS
Parents of students in preschool or child care must submit nonmedical exemptions at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 18 months of age. These exemptions expire when the next vaccines are due or when the child enrolls in kindergarten.
Parents of students in grades K-12 claiming a nonmedical exemption must submit one annually. Nonmedical exemptions expire June 30th each year. If you submit a Certificate of nonmedical exemption on or before June 30th, it will not be valid for the upcoming school year unless you submit the exemption during early registration.

For further information, click on link below.
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/school-immunizations

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