Bill Text: HI SB241 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; Administration of Epinephrine; Department of Health
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB241 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB241-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302A-1164, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsections (a) and (b) to read:
"(a) The department shall permit:
(1) The self-administration of medication by a student for asthma, anaphylaxis, or other potentially life‑threatening illnesses; and
(2) Department employees and agents to volunteer to
administer glucagon in an emergency situation to students with diabetes[.]
or administer auto-injectable epinephrine to students in anaphylactic shock.
(b) The student's parent or guardian shall provide the department with:
(1) Written authorization for the self-administration
of medication or the emergency administration of glucagon[;] or
auto-injectable epinephrine;
(2) In the case of self‑administration of medication, written certification from the student's physician or physician assistant stating that the student:
(A) Has asthma, anaphylaxis, or another potentially life-threatening illness; and
(B) Is capable of, and has been instructed in, the proper method of self-administration of medication; and
(3) In the case of emergency administration of
glucagon to a student with diabetes[,] or epinephrine to a student in
anaphylactic shock, written certification from the student's physician or
physician assistant stating that the student has medical orders that glucagon or
epinephrine may be administered by a volunteer."
2. By amending subsection (g) to read:
"(g) Any employee or agent who volunteers
to administer glucagon in an emergency situation to a student with diabetes or
to administer epinephrine to a student in anaphylactic shock shall receive
instruction in the proper administration of glucagon or epinephrine by a
qualified health care professional. A "qualified health care
professional" means a licensed physician, physician assistant, advanced
practice registered nurse or registered nurse, or certified diabetes educator.
The student's parent or guardian shall supply the school with the glucagon kit
required to administer the glucagon[.] or with injectable epinephrine
supplies to administer the epinephrine. The school shall store the
glucagon kit or the epinephrine kit in a secure but accessible
location."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Education; Administration of Epinephrine
Description:
Allows department of education employees and agents to volunteer to administer epinephrine to a student in anaphylactic shock. Requires that any employee or agent who volunteers to administer epinephrine receive instruction in the proper administration of epinephrine by a qualified health care professional. Requires a student's parent or guardian to supply injectable epinephrine supplies to administer the epinephrine.
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