SB57 Alabama 2014 Session

Under existing law, the practice of nursing includes administration of medications. Existing rules of the State Board of Nursing authorize a school nurse to delegate certain tasks to assistive personnel in a school setting. The administration of injectable medications, other than premeasured medication for allergic reactions, is not authorized in the rules

This bill would provide for the training of voluntary diabetes care personnel and the delivery of diabetes care to a student with diabetes in a public or private school according to a diabetes care management plan approved and signed by the treating physician and parent or guardian of the student with diabetes. Guidelines for training voluntary diabetes care personnel would be adopted by the Department of Education and the Department of Public Health. Diabetes care would include the administration of injectable medications to a patient pursuant to a diabetes care management plan. The bill would limit the liability of schools, school personnel, and volunteers providing care under this act

Relating to health; to provide for the health care of students with diabetes in public and private schools; to provide for the training of voluntary diabetes care personnel pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Department of Education and the Department of Public Health; to provide for the delivery of health care to students with diabetes in schools according to diabetes care management plans approved by the treating physician and the parent or guardian of a student with diabetes; and to limit the liability of schools, school personnel, and volunteers under this act.