| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to public school student health services; |
| 3 | amending s. 1006.062, F.S.; providing that a district |
| 4 | school board may authorize a school nurse to maintain |
| 5 | supplies of prefilled epinephrine auto-injectors at |
| 6 | schools in the school district; providing requirements for |
| 7 | prescriptions; authorizing use for emergency treatment; |
| 8 | amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; correcting a cross-reference; |
| 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. Subsections (6) and (7) of section 1006.062, |
| 14 | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7) and (8), |
| 15 | respectively, and a new subsection (6) is added to that section |
| 16 | to read: |
| 17 | 1006.062 Administration of medication and provision of |
| 18 | medical services by district school board personnel.-- |
| 19 | (6)(a) Each district school board may authorize a school |
| 20 | nurse who is licensed under chapter 464 and is employed by the |
| 21 | district school board to maintain at each school in the school |
| 22 | district an adequate supply of prefilled auto-injectors of |
| 23 | epinephrine with fifteen-hundredths milligram or three-tenths |
| 24 | milligram delivery. The school nurse shall recommend to the |
| 25 | district school board the number of prefilled epinephrine auto- |
| 26 | injectors to be maintained at each school. |
| 27 | (b) To obtain prefilled epinephrine auto-injectors for a |
| 28 | school district, a written prescription from a physician or a |
| 29 | physician assistant licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or |
| 30 | a nurse licensed under chapter 464 is required. The school |
| 31 | nurse's name must appear on the prescription, the school |
| 32 | district must be designated as the patient, and the prescription |
| 33 | must be filled at a pharmacy licensed under chapter 465. |
| 34 | (c) Based on a school nurse's training in recognizing an |
| 35 | acute episode of an anaphylactic reaction, the school nurse |
| 36 | shall have the discretion to use an epinephrine auto-injector on |
| 37 | any student that he or she believes is having a life-threatening |
| 38 | anaphylactic reaction. |
| 39 | Section 2. Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section |
| 40 | 1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 41 | 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.--Parents of public |
| 42 | school students must receive accurate and timely information |
| 43 | regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed |
| 44 | of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12 |
| 45 | students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory |
| 46 | rights including, but not limited to, the following: |
| 47 | (3) HEALTH ISSUES.-- |
| 48 | (e) Contraceptive services to public school students.--In |
| 49 | accordance with the provisions of s. 1006.062(8)(7), students |
| 50 | may not be referred to or offered contraceptive services at |
| 51 | school facilities without the parent's consent. |
| 52 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |