Senate Bill sb1578

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1578

    By Senator Dawson





    29-1053-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; providing that a

  3         school district may not require a student to

  4         obtain a prescription for any specified

  5         controlled substance as a prerequisite to the

  6         student's attending school or receiving other

  7         services of the school district; providing for

  8         rulemaking by the Department of Education;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Obtaining a prescription for a controlled

14  substance may not be required of a student.--

15         (1)  A school district may not require that a student

16  who attends school in the district must, as a prerequisite to

17  the student's attending school or receiving any other services

18  of the school district, obtain a prescription for a controlled

19  substance listed in schedule II under s. 202(c) of the federal

20  Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. s. 812(c), as amended by

21  Title 21 C.F.R. part 1308.

22         (2)  The Department of Education shall develop rules

23  containing policies and procedures that prohibit school

24  personnel from requiring a student to obtain a prescription

25  for a controlled substance in violation of subsection (1).

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1578
    29-1053-04




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 3    Provides that a school district may not require a student
      to obtain a prescription for a controlled substance
 4    listed in schedule II of the federal Controlled
      Substances Act as a prerequisite to the student's
 5    attending school or receiving other services of the
      school district. Provides for rulemaking by the
 6    Department of Education.

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