Student Health Requirements

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1. All students attending Rhea County Academy must have on record with the school office, either a current immunization record or an exemption statement according to Tennessee Code, before entering school in the fall. Standard immunization record forms may be obtained from the family doctor and a copy given to the school office.

2. Before the school will issue any medication to a student, there must be a written parental permission form on file. In order to facilitate the general dispensing of non-prescription medicine (e.g. Tylenol, Tums), RCA will provide a form to parents which grants a year’s general permission to the school to issue non-prescription medication.. Prescription medication will not be dispensed without specific written permission by the parent, accompanied by a doctor’s note if the medication is necessary for more than 10 days.

3. Other forms necessary for student health records, obtained from the school office:

Health History: Describes the basic health history of each student.
Emergency Form: Lists the emergency contact names and phone numbers of people who need notification in a medical emergency. Includes signed waiver in order to facilitate necessary surgical action.
Current Medications Form: Lists all medications the child is currently taking, other than short-term antibiotics, e.g. Ritalin, asthma, allergy or depression medications, etc. This form must be updated annually and whenever changes occur.

4. A communicable disease may require exclusion from school during the active stage of the disease. Communicable diseases include but are not limited to chicken pox, measles, fifths disease and mumps. Students with scabies, impetigo, conjunctivitis, ringworm, and strep throat will be readmitted to school based on the recommendations of your physician, usually 24-48 hours after initial treatment is administered. A student who has developed a fever will be readmitted to school after being ‘fever free’ for at least 12 hours.

5. Students who become ill at school will be provided a place to rest until a parent is contacted and arrives to take the child home. No student with a fever or a contagious disease will be allowed to remain at school. If the parent cannot be contacted, the office will contact the person listed on the emergency form.