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School District of Philadelphia
Policy and Procedures

Subject	Drug Abuse
Classification	Medical Management Less Urgent
Date Issued	April 1979
Policy Number	505.1
Issued by	School Health Services
Supersedes
Review Before	To be determined

A. LESS URGENT SITUATIONS

A pupil who is awake and experiencing no respiratory difficulty may demonstrate aberrant behavior, such as:

1. Disorientation

2. Agitation

3. Memory loss, etc.

B. PROCEDURE

1. Contact School Health Services personnel to obtain approval to transport pupil to the health room.

2. Initiate care as an illness, and assign an adult to remain with the pupil.

3. Attempt to ascertain the cause of the abnormal behavior.

4. Inform principal of the situation.

5. Notify parent or guardian.

6. Record in M 98, record of Illness and/or Injury, factual information only.

7. Notify the School District Incident Control Desk and file a serious incident report. Please see section #111.1.

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