SUMMARY:  LC 33 6032S  Authorizes schools to stock and administer to students certain medications for treatment of respiratory distress.

REQUIREMENTS:

• schools may acquire and stock a supply of levalbuterol sulfate used to treat perceived respiratory distress including, but not limited to, wheezing, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing 
• local boards must adopt a policy authorizing school personnel to administer the medication and provide information to personnel on how to recognize symptoms and to administer the medication
  • the authorization to administer the medication applies whether or not the student has a prescription for the medication
• the school may designate an employee trained or who has received information in its use to be responsible for storage and distribution of the mediation
• medication may be administered by the trained employee to a student believed by the employee in good faith to be experiencing a perceived respiratory distress
  • such employee shall be immune for civil liability related to the administration of the medication
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EFFECTIVE DATE:  Upon approval by the General Assembly and Governor.