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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 22-30 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-30)
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7 | Sec. 22-30. Self-administration of medication.
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8 | (a) In this Section:
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9 | "Asthma inhaler" means a quick reliever asthma inhaler. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Epinephrine auto-injector" means a medical device for | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | immediate self-administration by a person at risk of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | anaphylaxis.
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13 | "Medication" means a medicine, prescribed by (i) a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | physician
licensed to practice medicine in all its branches,
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15 | (ii) a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | to prescribe
asthma
medications by his or her supervising | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | physician, or (iii) an advanced practice
registered nurse who | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | has a written
collaborative agreement with a collaborating | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | physician that delegates the
authority
to prescribe asthma | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | medications,
for a pupil that pertains to the pupil's
asthma | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | and that has an individual prescription label.
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22 | "Self-administration" means a pupil's discretionary use of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | his or
her prescribed asthma medication.
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1 | (b) A school, whether public or nonpublic, must permit the
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2 | self-administration of
medication by a pupil with asthma or the | ||||||
3 | use of an epinephrine auto-injector by a pupil, provided that:
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4 | (1) the parents or
guardians of the pupil provide to | ||||||
5 | the school written
authorization for the | ||||||
6 | self-administration of medication or use of an epinephrine | ||||||
7 | auto-injector; and
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8 | (2) the
parents or guardians of the pupil provide to | ||||||
9 | the school (i) a
written
statement from the pupil's | ||||||
10 | physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
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11 | registered nurse containing
the following information or | ||||||
12 | (ii) in the case of an asthma inhaler, the prescription | ||||||
13 | label, along with a written statement from the parents or | ||||||
14 | guardians containing the following information :
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15 | (A) the name and purpose of the medication or | ||||||
16 | epinephrine auto-injector;
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17 | (B) the prescribed dosage; and
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18 | (C) the time or times at which or the special | ||||||
19 | circumstances
under which the medication or | ||||||
20 | epinephrine auto-injector is to be administered.
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21 | The information provided shall be kept on file in the office of | ||||||
22 | the school
nurse or,
in the absence of a school nurse, the | ||||||
23 | school's administrator.
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24 | (c) The school district or nonpublic school must inform the | ||||||
25 | parents or
guardians of the
pupil, in writing, that the school | ||||||
26 | district or nonpublic school and its
employees and
agents
are |
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1 | to incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, | ||||||
2 | as a result
of any injury arising from the
self-administration | ||||||
3 | of medication or use of an epinephrine auto-injector by the | ||||||
4 | pupil. The parents or guardians
of the pupil must sign a | ||||||
5 | statement acknowledging that the school district
or nonpublic | ||||||
6 | school is to incur no liability, except for willful and wanton
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7 | conduct, as a result of any injury arising
from the
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8 | self-administration of medication or use of an epinephrine | ||||||
9 | auto-injector by the pupil and that the parents or
guardians | ||||||
10 | must indemnify and hold harmless the school district or | ||||||
11 | nonpublic
school and
its
employees and agents against any | ||||||
12 | claims, except a claim based on willful and
wanton conduct, | ||||||
13 | arising out of the
self-administration of medication or use of | ||||||
14 | an epinephrine auto-injector by the pupil.
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15 | (d) The permission for self-administration of medication | ||||||
16 | or use of an epinephrine auto-injector is effective
for the | ||||||
17 | school year for which it is granted and shall be renewed each
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18 | subsequent school year upon fulfillment of the requirements of | ||||||
19 | this
Section.
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20 | (e) Provided that the requirements of this Section are | ||||||
21 | fulfilled, a
pupil with asthma may possess and use his or her | ||||||
22 | medication or a pupil may possess and use an epinephrine | ||||||
23 | auto-injector (i) while in
school, (ii) while at a | ||||||
24 | school-sponsored activity, (iii) while under the
supervision | ||||||
25 | of
school personnel, or (iv) before or after normal school | ||||||
26 | activities, such
as while in before-school or after-school care |
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1 | on school-operated
property.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-792, eff. 5-19-06.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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