Student Medical Information

Purpose of this policy

To ensure that staff have up-to-date medical information about students participating in excursions.  

Prerequisite policy

• Excursions – Planning and Approvals

Policy

A confidential medical information form:

• must be completed by parents or carers before each school council approved excursion
• provides parents or carers with the opportunity to vary any information previously given to the school.

Schools must:

• ensure that the teacher-in-charge takes the medical information forms on the excursion
• ensure these forms are available to other excursion staff in emergency situations
• keep copies of the forms at the school.

Note: Students should not be denied attendance at any excursion because a parent/guardian refuses permission for a blood transfusion.

Information: Transfusions or other courses of medical treatment are matters for legally qualified medical practitioners. Teachers cannot be held liable for medical treatment given against the wishes of a parent or carer.

Recommended confidential medical information form

Schools should use the recommended confidential medical information form see:  Department resources below

Schools may require additional medical information depending on the nature of the activities undertaken.

Related policies

• Excursions – Adventure Activities
• Excursions – Planning and Approvals
• Excursions – Safety, Emergency and Risk Management
• Excursions – Staffing and Supervision
• Excursions – Student Preparation and Behaviour
• Health Support Planning Forms
• Parental responsibility
• Admission for informal carer arrangements

 

Department resource

See:

• Safety Guidelines for Education Outdoors 
  • Forms: for the confidential medical information form.