California Education Code

§ 49414.5

EDC § 49414.5 Effective Jan 1, 2006Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 27 · Ch. 9 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)In the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school, each school district may provide school personnel with voluntary emergency medical training to provide emergency medical assistance to pupils with diabetes suffering from severe hypoglycemia, and volunteer personnel shall provide this emergency care, in accordance with standards established pursuant to subdivision (b) and the performance instructions set forth by the licensed health care provider of the pupil. A school employee who does not volunteer or who has not been trained pursuant to subdivision (b) may not be required to provide emergency medical assistance pursuant to this subdivision.

(b)(1) The Legislature encourages the American Diabetes Association to develop performance standards for the training and supervision of school personnel in providing emergency medical assistance to pupils with diabetes suffering from severe hypoglycemia. The performance standards shall be developed in cooperation with the department, the California School Nurses Organization, the California Medical Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Upon the development of the performance standards pursuant to this paragraph, the State Department of Health Services’ Diabetes Prevention and Control Program shall approve the performance standards for distribution and make those standards available upon request.

(2)Training established pursuant to this subdivision shall include all of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 2006.