During the online Student Registration process, parents completed a Consent for Health Related Services form. Parents have the right to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of their child. In accordance with law, the District must provide parents with written notice of each school based health-related service offered at the campus their child attends. Parents must be given the opportunity to opt out before some services are provided to their child, and other services require the parent to opt in through signed written consent.
A parent may opt out of health-related services annually, and consent may be modified, revoked, or reinstated at any time with written notice signed by the parent and delivered to the student’s campus nurse.
Routine Health Related Services in Huntington ISD include:
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Administration of over-the-counter medications in accordance with law
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Administration of prescription medications in accordance with law
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First aid and injury evaluation beyond general caretaking
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Monitoring of chronic health conditions (for example, asthma, diabetes)
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Vision, hearing, and scoliosis screenings
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Under the influence assessment not required by law
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Lice screening
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Acanthosis screening
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Coordination of health services
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Nutrition and health education beyond what is taught through grade-level or course instruction
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Heat illness prevention and injury support for student athletes
Questions about what a listed service includes may be addressed to your child’s campus nurse.
Parental consent is not required for District personnel to inquire about a student’s daily or general well-being or to provide general caretaking to students.
Parental consent is not required for the following:
- Health-care services rendered by the District in an emergency
- Law enforcement or Department of Family and Protective Services activities
- Behavioral threat assessment required by law
- Other rights or duties required by law, including the Texas Family Code
Under Texas Family Code Section 32.004, a child may consent to counseling for themselves as it relates to suicide prevention; chemical addiction or dependency; or sexual, physical, or emotional abuse.
A parent must opt in before their child may receive:
- Psychological or psychiatric examination or tests, and psychological or psychiatric examination or treatments, unless a specific exemption is provided by law
- Health-care services, except in the case of emergencies
- The administration of a well-being questionnaire of health screening form to a student
Under state law, before administering a well-being questionnaire or health screening form to a student, the District will provide a copy of the questionnaire or form to the student’s parent and obtain the parent’s consent to administer the questionnaire or the form. Forms, screeners, and other documents that are routinely used in the process of providing health related services to your child are attached and identified below
If the District recommends health-care or health-related services not specifically addressed in this form or the completion of a form or questionnaire not attached, separate consent will be obtained before the form or services are provided to the student.
If you would like to change to change/modify your current consent, please print and complete the form below and return it to you child's school nurse.
Consent for Health-Related Services Form