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Public Health Preparedness & Response

Potassium Iodide Program

Information for Schools

DHHS Guidance

• Guidance for the Administration of KI for Emergency Workers, Institutionalized Persons and the General Public (PDF, 19KB)
• N.C. General Statute Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education, Article 20 - Teachers, Item 307: Duties of Teachers
• Potassium Iodide in Schools - Facts for Teachers, Administrators and Staff (PDF, 26KB)

Forms

• Student Opt-In/Opt-Out Form for Administration of Potassium Iodide English (PDF, 15KB) / Spanish (PDF, 18KB)

Templates

• School Health Memorandum of Understanding template (PDF, 23KB)
• Sample Letter to Parents from Carolina Beach School (PDF, 334KB)

Program Background (2003)

• NC DHHS: 2003 Program Announcement to Superintendents and Administrators of North Carolina Schools within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zones of Nuclear Power Plants (PDF, 21KB)
• State of North Carolina: Policy Regarding Potassium Iodide for the Public (Exposure to Radioiodine) (PDF, 77KB)
• 2003 N.C. Board of Nursing Letter re: administration of Potassium Iodide to schoolchildren in the event of a nuclear power plant emergency (PDF, 280KB)
• Background Information on Distribution to Schools (PDF, 28KB)