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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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11  The Committee on Education Innovation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

18  232.46, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         232.46  Administration of medication by school district

20  personnel.--

21         (1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Nurse

22  Practice Act, chapter 464, school district personnel shall be

23  authorized to assist students in the administration of

24  prescription medication when the following conditions have

25  been met:

26         (b)  Each district school board shall adopt policies

27  and procedures governing the administration of prescription

28  and non-prescription medication by school district personnel.

29  The policies and procedures shall include, but are not be

30  limited to, the following provisions:

31         1.  For each prescribed and non-prescription

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 1  medication, the student's parent or guardian shall provide to

 2  the school principal a written statement which shall grant to

 3  the principal, school nurse, or the principal's designee

 4  permission to assist in the administration of such medication

 5  and which shall explain the necessity for such medication to

 6  be provided during the school day, including any occasion when

 7  the student is away from school property on official school

 8  business. The school principal or the principal's trained

 9  designee shall assist the student in the administration of

10  prescribed and non-prescription such medication.

11         2.  Each prescribed and non-prescribtion medication to

12  be administered by school district personnel shall be

13  received, counted, and stored in its original container. When

14  the medication is not in use, it shall be stored in its

15  original container in a secure fashion under lock and key in a

16  location designated by the principal.

17         Section 2.  Subsection (5) of section 232.465, Florida

18  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new

19  subsection (5) is added to said section to read:

20         232.465  Provision of medical services; restrictions.--

21         (5)  Pursuant to s. 381.0045 (7)(d) a student will be

22  exempt from any of the services provided under the school

23  health services program if his or her parent or guardian

24  requests such exemption in writing.

25         Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and

26  subsection (8) of section 234.02, Florida Statutes, are

27  amended to read:

28         234.02  Safety and health of pupils.--Maximum regard

29  for safety and adequate protection of health are primary

30  requirements that must be observed by school boards in routing

31  buses, appointing drivers, and providing and operating

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 1  equipment, in accordance with all requirements of law and

 2  regulations of the commissioner in providing transportation

 3  pursuant to s. 234.01:

 4         (2)  Except as provided in subsection (1), school

 5  boards may authorize the transportation of students in

 6  privately owned motor vehicles on a case-by-case basis only in

 7  the following circumstances:

 8         (a)  When a student is ill or injured and must be taken

 9  home under nonemergency circumstances or to a medical

10  treatment facility under imminently life-threatening

11  nonemergency circumstances; and

12         1.  The school has been unable to contact the student's

13  parent or guardian or such parent, guardian, or responsible

14  adult designated by the parent or guardian is not available to

15  provide the transportation;

16         2.  Proper adult supervision of the student is

17  available at the location to which the student is being

18  transported;

19         3.  The transportation is approved by the school

20  principal, or a school administrator designated by the

21  principal to grant or deny such approval, or in the absence of

22  the principal and designee, by the highest ranking school

23  administrator or teacher available under the circumstances;

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25         4.  If the school has been unable to contact the parent

26  or guardian prior to the transportation, the school shall

27  continue to seek to contact the parent or guardian until the

28  school is able to notify the parent or guardian of the

29  transportation and the pertinent circumstances.

30         (8)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this

31  section, in an emergency situation that constitutes an

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 1  imminent threat to student health or safety, school personnel

 2  may take whatever action is necessary under the circumstances

 3  to protect student health and safety. However, transportation

 4  of a student in a school district vehicle or a privately owned

 5  vehicle to a medical treatment facility without parental

 6  consent is limited to those circumstances where immediate

 7  medical treatment is necessary for the health and safety of

 8  the student.

 9         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 1, lines 5-15,

15  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         district personnel;  amending s. 232.465, F.S.;

19         providing that a student will be exempt from

20         certain services under school health services

21         program if parent or guardian requests such an

22         exemption in writing; amending s. 234.02, F.S.;

23         limiting transportation of a student

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