Excursions

Student medical information

Schools must provide parents or carers with the opportunity to vary any medical information previously given to the school before any excursion.

Medical information forms

A medical information form must be completed by parents or carers before any day excursion involving an adventure activity. A medical information form is not required for local excursions or day excursions not involving adventure activities.

It is recommended that schools use the department’s Medical information form – day excursions involving adventure activities (DOCX) for this purpose.

The department’s Medical information form – camps and overseas excursions (DOCX) must be completed by parents or carers before any camp or overseas excursion.

Schools may use third-party software such as Compass to obtain and record medical information in place of the hardcopy medical information form. Schools must ensure that all required information is collected, for example, by comparing the information requested through Compass against the medical information forms.

Schools must:

• ensure that the teacher-in-charge has immediate access to either hard copy or electronic versions of the medical information forms on the excursion
• ensure these forms are available to other excursion staff in emergency situations
• keep copies of the forms at the school.

Schools may require additional medical information depending on the nature of the activities undertaken.