A school on the West coast has come under fire for refusing to let two students put on sunscreen they brought for a field day.
The schools' reasoning, the students needed a doctors note.
Because the FDA reclassified sunscreen as a drug.
The Rock Island Milan school district doesn't have a specific policy for sunscreen.
But they discourage students from bringing in any medicine on their own.
So, what does this mean any time someone else is in charge of your children's health at a summer camp?
Campers spend most of their days outside.
And on sunny days like this, the camps want to keep kids protected.
But rather than worry about sunscreen's drug status... they want to make sure the staff is helping kids put on sunscreen appropriately.
YMCA Abe Lincoln Camp Director Zach Klipsch says, "its outside with eight other kids, two counselors making sure that there's always a safe environment for the kids."
The Abe Lincoln YMCA Camp's biggest concern is having the staff help the kids put it on sunscreen appropriately.
The day camp has kids from four to 12 participating.
So the counselors will let the older kids help each other while they focus on getting the younger campers backs and arms covered.
Staff has the kids reapply sunscreen four times daily.
