IN Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Summer 2019 | Page 67

Sunscreen has always been considered an over the counter
medication by the FDA and many schools restricted the use of
sunscreen during school hours for that reason. Act 105 of 2018,
sunscreen self-carry and self-apply was signed into law as of
Oct 2018, which allows a student to carry FDA approved non-
aerosol sunscreen to school, provided it can be self-applied,
without a note from the doctor.
Because of this new law, the Department of Education
created a Non-Aerosol Topical Sunscreen form that will only
require a parent signature and will be kept on file in the
health office for the current school year. Any student carrying
sunscreen must have a form on file and the form will need to be
updated each school year. To make this simple for our families,
the Brentwood nurses have posted all the medical forms
families would need under their health service page on the
Brentwood Borough web site which can be found at bb-sd.com.
During the summer when sunscreen is on everyone’s mind,
parents can go to the web page, download the form, sign it and
turn it in at the beginning of each school year, along with any
other form their child may need for that school year.
So, what happens if your child cannot
carry and self- apply their own sunscreen?
If you have some concerns about your child
being able to apply their own sunscreen,
your child can certainly use sunscreen at
school, but instead of using the parent form,
you must then use our original medication
administration consent form that can also be
downloaded off the health service page of
our website. This form needs to be signed by your physician
and brought into school along with the sunscreen of your
choice. The sunscreen will be kept in the health office for use as
needed.
Our Brentwood health service page is a valuable tool for your
child’s health and wellness. It is a great way to find out who the
nurse is in your child’s building and how you can contact her.
Our web page has updated medication, physical and dental
forms. We have immunization information, along with all the
medical requirements mandated by the Commonwealth of PA
specific to each grade. Information detailing health offerings
such as the flu vaccine, reducing your child’s risk of getting the
flu, symptoms of strep throat, and information about lice are all
available on our page. We update our site as needed to include
general wellness guidelines to keep parents of Brentwood
informed of current concerns or facts regarding health issues or
injury prevention.
We have recently updated our site with a new Food allergy
& Anaphylaxis emergency care plan forms, and new Asthma
Action/ Medication forms. These forms will be used for all
students who require EpiPens or inhalers at school. We also
have a new self-carry form if your child would need to carry
their own inhaler or EpiPen. This form would only need a parent
signature and will replace the self-carry medication form we
have used in the past. We will begin to use these forms for the
2019-20 school year and they will replace the medication forms
that we previously used for inhalers and EpiPens.
Our general medication administration consent form can be
used for all other medications, both prescription and over the
counter. These forms must be completed by the parent and
signed by the physician and must be updated each school year.
Tylenol, Tums, and Ibuprofen are considered standing orders
and are signed for by our school physician, Dr. Pittle, requiring
only parent permission. This can be done by completing the
student medical form in Skyward which can also be found on
the Brentwood Borough web site. When completing this form, it
is important to have the most up to date information so that we
may contact parents regarding a child’s health status, parental
permission, or give emergency instructions for an injury.
We hope that after reading this article you will visit the
Brentwood Borough Web page at bb-sd.com, click on the
health services page and check out our new site, which contains
the new information, links and forms. We look forward to a
wonderful, healthy school year ahead and encourage everyone
to use sunscreen as an important step in preventing skin cancer
in the future.
BRENTWOOD-BALDWIN-WHITEHALL
DISTRICT NEWS
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