§ 1-116.3. Self-administration of inhaled asthma or anaphylaxis medication--School board epinep...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 70. SchoolsEffective: July 1, 2019
Effective: July 1, 2019
70 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-116.3
§ 1-116.3. Self-administration of inhaled asthma or anaphylaxis medication--School board epinephrine injector policy
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1-116.2 of this title, the board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy on or before September 1, 2008, that permits the self-administration of inhaled asthma medication by a student for treatment of asthma, the self-administration of anaphylaxis medication by a student for treatment of anaphylaxis and the self-administration of replacement pancreatic enzymes by a student for treatment of cystic fibrosis. The policy shall require:
a. the school district to inform the parent or guardian of each student, in writing, that a school nurse or school employee trained by a health care professional or trained in correlation with the State Department of Health's Diabetes Management Annual School Training Program may administer, with parent or guardian permission but without a health care provider order, an Epinephrine injection to a student whom the school nurse or trained school employee in good faith believes is having an anaphylactic reaction,
a. the school district to inform the parent or guardian of each student, in writing, that a school nurse or school employee trained by a health care professional may administer an inhaler to a student whom the school nurse or trained school employee in good faith believes is having respiratory distress,
D. A licensed physician who has prescriptive authority may write a prescription for Epinephrine injectors and inhalers and spacers or holding chambers to the school district in the name of the district as a body corporate specified in Section 5-105 of this title which shall be maintained at each school site. Such physician shall incur no liability as a result of any injury arising from the use of the Epinephrine injectors or the inhalers and spacers or holding chambers.
E. The school district may maintain at each school a minimum of two Epinephrine injectors and two inhalers with spacers or holding chambers in a secure location. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed as creating or imposing a duty on a school district to maintain Epinephrine injectors or inhalers with spacers or holding chambers at a school site or sites.
1. “Medication” means a metered dose inhaler or a dry powder inhaler to alleviate asthmatic symptoms, prescribed by a physician and having an individual label, an anaphylaxis medication used to treat anaphylaxis including but not limited to Epinephrine injectors prescribed by a physician and having an individual label, or replacement pancreatic enzymes prescribed by a physician and having an individual label; and
4. “Inhaler” means a device that delivers a bronchodilator to alleviate symptoms of respiratory distress that is manufactured in the form of a metered-dose inhaler or dry-powder inhaler and that may include a spacer or holding chamber that attaches to the inhaler to improve the delivery of the bronchodilator.
K. A student who is permitted to self-administer asthma, anaphylaxis or replacement pancreatic enzyme medication pursuant to this section shall be permitted to possess and use a prescribed inhaler, anaphylaxis medication including but not limited to an Epinephrine injector, or replacement pancreatic enzyme medication at all times.
Credits
Laws 2003, c. 143, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 271, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2008; Laws 2013, c. 397, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 125, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2019, c. 276, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.
70 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-116.3, OK ST T. 70 § 1-116.3
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 378 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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