Medication Policy
Rumsey Hall School works closely with Kent Station Pharmacy for all of our medication needs. All boarding students are required to sign up directly with Kent Station Pharmacy prior to the beginning of the School year, regardless of prescription medication status. All families
Forms may be found at https://schoolforms.kentstationpharmacy.com/.
Kent Station Pharmacy
38 N Main Street
Kent, CT 06757
Phone: 860-927-3725
Fax: 860-955-7976
Website: www.kentstationpharmacy.com
All prescriptions must be submitted directly to the school's pharmacy, Kent Station Pharmacy, at least three weeks prior to the student's arrival to Campus.
Prescriptions and over the counter medicines are processed directly through Kent Station Pharmacy and delivered to Rumsey Hall Health Center. Only medications prepared in labeled blister packages by our school's pharmacy, Kent Station Pharmacy are accepted.
Written permission is required for each medication administered, including over the counter medicine. A required form, "Medication Authorization Form," must be completed by a physician and co-signed by a parent/guardian.
All medications must be reported to the Rumsey Hall Health Center. Students are not permitted to have medicine in their possession. Any medications identified will be confiscated.
Medications sent from home are promptly discarded, which include: dietary supplements, herbs, homeopathic or compound preparations and any over the counter medicines.
Self-Administration of certain medications may be allowed only with written permission of the physician, parent, and school nurse (i.e.) Epi-pens, Glucagon, Insulin, and Rescue Inhalers. Supervision and accountability of students authorized to self-administer their prescribed medication are in compliance with Connecticut State Regulations and the discretion of the Rumsey Hall Health Center.
International medicine and prescriptions are not accepted at Rumsey Hall School or at Kent Station Pharmacy. Appointments will be arranged with our school's physician or APRN for international students in need of medication.
Prescribed medications are primarily administered at meal times during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Medications may be administered at bedtime only if deemed clinically necessary by a prescriber and with Medical Director's approval.
Licensed registered nurses administer prescribed medication to students while on campus. In the event a nurse is unavailable to give medication (such as inclement weather, off hours on campus, or off-Campus Rumsey sponsored activities), a formally trained member of the faculty will give medication.
Rumsey Hall Health center cannot mail medicine under any circumstance, nor can medications be mailed to the school, or sent with the student. Medications may be picked up by an adult, age 18 or older, with written parental consent. Medications, including controlled substances, will not be provided to an unaccompanied minor.
Discontinued and expired medications are discarded promptly.
Rumsey Hall School's Medication Policy and Procedures are intended to promote safety and wellbeing for all students on campus.