PCSD has partnered with Health Hero to offer in-school vaccines to your child for no cost. Consent forms were recently sent home with students. The consent form is also linked below. The clinic will be available October 6, 2023.

Health Hero makes immunizations available to every child to stop diseases like the flu in their tracks and reduce absenteeism in schools. Sign your child up and help us stop the flu in its tracks!

Health Hero FL Flu Consent Form

Health Services Consent FAQs

Health Services Consent Form 

Medication Authorization Form

Treatment Authorization Form

 Seizure Action Plan

Centers for Disease Control

Immunization Requirements

Putnam County Health Department

Kena Foster, RN
Health Services Coordinator
386-329-0538
kfoster@my.putnamschools.org

The Florida Department of Education and the Florida Department of Health work in cooperation to coordinate the School Health Services Program as mandated in Florida Statute sections 381.0056, 381.0057, and 402.3026. The School Health Services Program is designed to appraise, protect and promote the health of our students as well as provide preventative and emergency school-based health services in accordance with our local School Health Services Plan.

Putnam County Public Schools and the Putnam County Health Department coordinate locally to provide the health services to all students enrolled in Putnam County Public Schools. These services include, but are not limited to:

• Providing basic first aid and emergency care

• Administering doctor ordered medications and treatments

• Grade specific state mandated health screenings (hearing, vision, height/weight, BMI and scoliosis)

• Nursing assessments

• Health Counseling

• Referrals and follow-up for confirmed health problems

• Communicable disease prevention and intervention

Our Putnam County School Health Program is managed by a Registered Nurse and addresses day-to- day student health needs, emergency health needs and in-school management of chronic and acute health conditions like diabetes, asthma, allergies and epilepsy. In-school care management helps to ensure that student health conditions do not prevent students from attending school. School clinics are staffed with trained personnel and supervised by a Registered Nurse.

Parents/guardians must complete a Health Services Consent form for their child to participate in the School Health Services Program. As part of the new requirements for Florida law, HB 1557, Parental Rights in Education, parents must now provide written consent for schools to provide health care services, including basic first aid, ice, bandaids and the care and treatment for illness and injuries. The PCSD Health Services Consent Form can be completed in the Skyward Family Access Portal. You can also access the form here and submit it to your child's school.