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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you do rewlize the health forms are on file in the clinic? Teachers can check

PP retired school nurse and this isn't and should not be easily accessible information; it's confidential, protected health information and not accessible for teachers.  I had no access to individual student records. Make sense?[/quote]

Don’t be so thick. You weren’t a teacher so you obviously don’t know. Teachers collect the health forms, alphabetize them, and are the ones who turn them in! Of course they read them and are aware of any medications a child is on (in case kids need to go to clinic to get doses). They have to know who has diabetes, who has allergies, etc. In many cases, they have to be epi pen trained. So yes, teachers are always aware of health issues and medications students are on, especially if it impacts the classroom. [/quote]

Huh?  No.  We submit health forms directly to the main office, and they are filed with the nurse.  Yes, a teacher should know if there is a medication plan that she has a role in, but teachers absolutely should not be able to go through all past health forms in the files for any kid!  [/quote]

Yeah, I can see a teacher collecting forms as an incidental task, but that doesn't mean the teacher keeps, maintains, or has routine access to them. When I go to the doctor there are a couple of forms reception routinely has me complete and I turn them in at the reception desk, that does not give the receptionist acccess to my info in a meaningful sense. [/quote]

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