(d) Hand wipes with alcohol. Can anyone else give (6) An early learning provider (3) The licensee must keep medication to children in must receive written a written record of medication my care? authorization from a child’s administration (medication log) parent or guardian and (1) Only staff persons who that includes the: health care provider with have been oriented to your (a) Child's name; prescriptive authority prior center's medication policies (b) Name of medication; to administering: and procedures can give (c) Dose given; (a) Vitamins; medications. (d) Dates and time of each (b) Herbal supplements; that the staff person has medication given; and (c) Fluoride; been oriented. (e) Name and signature of (d) Homeopathic or (3) Before a staff may the person giving the naturopathic administer medications they medication. medication; and must ask parents to provide (4) The licensee must (e) Teething gel or instruction on specialized return any unused medication tablets (amber bead medication administration to the child's parent or necklaces are procedures or observations, guardian. prohibited). i.e., how to use the nebulizer, (5) Medication permission Weight #7 epi-pens or individual child's forms and medication logs preference for swallowing pills must be kept confidential. The (7) An early learning provider licensee must allow a child's must not give or allow parent or guardian to review another to give any their own child's medication medication to a child for the administration records. purpose of sedating the (6) Medication permission child unless the medication forms and medication logs for has been prescribed for a the previous twelve months specific child for that must be kept in the licensed particular purpose by a space and be available for qualified health care review by the licensor. professional. Weight #8 WAC 170-296A-3425 (8) An early learning provider must not accept or give to a
(d) Hand wipes with alcohol. (3) The licensee must keep a written record of medication administration (medication log) that includes the: (a) Child's name; (b) Name of medication; (c) Dose given; (d) Dates and time of each medication given; and (e) Name and signature of the person giving the medication. (4) The licensee must return any unused medication to the child's parent or guardian. (5) Medication permission forms and medication logs must be kept confidential. The licensee must allow a child's parent or guardian to review their own child's medication administration records. (6) Medication permission forms and medication logs for the previous twelve months must be kept in the licensed space and be available for review by the licensor. WAC 170-296A-3425 Can anyone else give medication to children in my care? (1) Only staff persons who have been oriented to your center's medication policies and procedures can give medications. that the staff person has been oriented. (3) Before a staff may administer medications they must ask parents to provide instruction on specialized medication administration procedures or observations, i.e., how to use the nebulizer, epi-pens or individual child's preference for swallowing pills (6) An early learning provider must receive written authorization from a child’s parent or guardian and health care provider with prescriptive authority prior to administering: (a) Vitamins; (b) Herbal supplements; (c) Fluoride; (d) Homeopathic or naturopathic medication; and (e) Teething gel or tablets (amber bead necklaces are prohibited). Weight #7 (7) An early learning provider must not give or allow another to give any medication to a child for the purpose of sedating the child unless the medication has been prescribed for a specific child for that particular purpose by a qualified health care professional. Weight #8 (8) An early learning provider must not accept or give to a
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