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1999 SESSION

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SB 889 Care of public school students diagnosed with Type I diabetes.

Introduced by: William C. Mims | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Care of public school students diagnosed with diabetes. Provides, in the Good Samaritan law, for immunity from liability for school board employees who assist in administering administering insulin to diabetic students or who administer glucagon to diabetic students suffering from life-threatening hypoglycemia. To qualify for immunity, the employee must be authorized by a prescriber, be trained in the administration of insulin and glucagon, and be acting upon the authorization of the prescriber and the written request of the student’s parents. In schools with a staff of 10 or more and if one or more students diagnosed with diabetes attend the school, the school health services must include at least two employees trained in the administration of insulin and glucagon. No licensed instructional employee shall be disciplined, placed on probation, or dismissed for refusal to obtain such training. When a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, physician or physician assistant is present, no employee who is not a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, physician or physician assistant can assist with the administration of insulin or administer glucagon. Prescriber authorization and parental consent must be obtained for any employee who is not a registered nurse, physician or physician assistant to assist with the administration of insulin or to administer glucagon. The school health advisory boards may recommend to the local school board procedures relating to children with acute or chronic illnesses or conditions, including appropriate emergency procedures for any life-threatening conditions and designation of school personnel to implement the appropriate emergency procedures. The procedures relating to children with acute or chronic illnesses or conditions must be developed with due consideration of the size and staffing of the schools within the jurisdiction. Public school personnel who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of insulin or glucagon are excepted from the nursing and medical practice acts when assisting with or performing such diabetes treatment. The Board of Nursing is directed to develop and revise as may be necessary, in coordination with the Boards of Medicine and Education, guidelines for the training of public school employees in the administration of insulin and glucagon for the purpose of assisting with routine insulin injections and providing emergency treatment for life-threatening hypoglycemia. The first set of guidelines must be finalized by September of this year and must be made available to local school boards for a fee not to exceed the costs of publication. In the Drug Control Act, prescribers may authorize, pursuant to a written order or standing protocol, persons employed by a local school board and trained in the administration of insulin and glucagon to assist in the administration of insulin and to administer glucagon to a student diagnosed as having diabetes who requires insulin injections during the school day or for whom glucagon has been prescribed for the emergency treatment of hypoglycemia. Such authorization shall only be effective when a licensed nurse, nurse practitioner, physician or physician assistant is not available to perform the administration of the medication. Other bills amend sections addressed in this bill; however, there are no apparent conflicts.


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