Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 552
       
       
       
       By Senator Wise
       
       
       
       
       5-00379C-09                                            2009552__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the use of pancreatic enzyme
    3         prescription supplements; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.;
    4         authorizing certain K-12 students to use pancreatic
    5         enzyme prescription supplements under certain
    6         circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education
    7         to adopt rules; providing for indemnification;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (3) of
   13  section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
   15  school students must receive accurate and timely information
   16  regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed
   17  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
   18  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
   19  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
   20         (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
   21         (j) Use of pancreatic enzyme prescription supplements.—A
   22  student who has experienced or is at risk for pancreatic
   23  insufficiency or who has been diagnosed as having cystic
   24  fibrosis may use a pancreatic enzyme supplement as prescribed
   25  while in school, participating in school-sponsored activities,
   26  or in transit to or from school or school-sponsored activities
   27  if the school has been provided with parental and physician
   28  authorization. The State Board of Education, in cooperation with
   29  the Department of Health, shall adopt rules for the use of
   30  pancreatic enzyme prescription supplements which shall include
   31  provisions to protect the safety of all students from the misuse
   32  or abuse of the supplements. A school district, county health
   33  department, public-private partner, and their employees and
   34  volunteers shall be indemnified by the parent of a student
   35  authorized to use pancreatic enzyme prescription supplements for
   36  any and all liability with respect to the student's use of the
   37  supplements under this paragraph.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.