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C-PP offers comprehensive Health Services for all students in the District. Each Health Office is staffed by a Registered Nurse. In addition, some Health Offices also have a Licensed Practical Nurse or a Health Office Aide. Monthly meetings focus on current issues affecting the well-being of the students and staff in each building. Other Services include:
- Emergency cards: These are an important tool for communicating with parents in case of student illness or an accident. Parents are asked to fill them out as completely as possible and update them when there is a change in address, phone number, employment or status.
- Medication in schools: School officials are prohibited by law from administering medication, including over-the-counter medications, in school. Medications will be given to students only when a Physician's Order for Giving Medication in School form has been filed with the School Nurse, teacher or principal.
- School physicals: At initial school entry and in grades K, 2, 4, 6 and 10, each student is required to provide a doctor's certificate of physical examination. If a report is not provided, the school physician will complete a health appraisal (not a thorough examination) of the student. Information concerning required athletic physicals and working paper physicals are available in school health offices
- Routine screenings: All students are screened for height, weight, scoliosis (age 8-16), vision and hearing each year. Tests for color perception and eye muscle balance are administered once during a child's school experience.
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