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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-22.21b and by adding Section 34-18.61 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b)
7    Sec. 10-22.21b. Administering medication.
8    (a) In this Section, "asthma action plan" has the meaning
9given to that term under Section 22-30.
10    (b) To provide for the administration of medication to
11students. It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois that
12the administration of medication to students during regular
13school hours and during school-related activities should be
14discouraged unless absolutely necessary for the critical
15health and well-being of the student. Under no circumstances
16shall teachers or other non-administrative school employees,
17except certified school nurses and non-certificated registered
18professional nurses, be required to administer medication to
19students. This Section shall not prohibit a school district
20from adopting guidelines for self-administration of medication
21by students that are consistent with this Section and this
22Code. This Section shall not prohibit any school employee from
23providing emergency assistance to students.

 

 

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1    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school
2district must allow any student with an asthma action plan, an
3Individual Health Care Action Plan, an Illinois Food Allergy
4Emergency Action Plan and Treatment Authorization Form, a plan
5pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of
61973, or a plan pursuant to the federal Individuals with
7Disabilities Education Act to self-administer any medication
8required under those plans if the student's parent or guardian
9provides the school district with (i) written permission for
10the student's self-administration of medication and (ii)
11written authorization from the student's physician, physician
12assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse for the
13student to self-administer the medication. A parent or guardian
14must also provide to the school district the prescription label
15for the medication, which must contain the name of the
16medication, the prescribed dosage, and the time or times at
17which or the circumstances under which the medication is to be
18administered. Information received by a school district under
19this subsection shall be kept on file in the office of the
20school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, the school's
21administrator.
22    (d) Each school district must adopt an emergency action
23plan for a student who self-administers medication under
24subsection (c). The plan must include both of the following:
25        (1) A plan of action in the event a student is unable
26    to self-administer medication.

 

 

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1        (2) The situations in which a school must call 9-1-1.
2    (e) A school district and its employees and agents shall
3incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a
4result of any injury arising from the self-administration of
5medication by a student under subsection (c). The student's
6parent or guardian must sign a statement to this effect, which
7must acknowledge that the parent or guardian must indemnify and
8hold harmless the school district and its employees and agents
9against any claims, except a claim based on willful and wanton
10conduct, arising out of the self-administration of medication
11by a student.
12(Source: P.A. 91-719, eff. 6-2-00.)
 
13    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new)
14    Sec. 34-18.61. Self-administrating medication.
15    (a) In this Section, "asthma action plan" has the meaning
16given to that term under Section 22-30.
17    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the school
18district must allow any student with an asthma action plan, an
19Individual Health Care Action Plan, an Illinois Food Allergy
20Emergency Action Plan and Treatment Authorization Form, a plan
21pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of
221973, or a plan pursuant to the federal Individuals with
23Disabilities Education Act to self-administer any medication
24required under those plans if the student's parent or guardian
25provides the school district with (i) written permission for

 

 

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1the student's self-administration of medication and (ii)
2written authorization from the student's physician, physician
3assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse for the
4student to self-administer the medication. A parent or guardian
5must also provide to the school district the prescription label
6for the medication, which must contain the name of the
7medication, the prescribed dosage, and the time or times at
8which or the circumstances under which the medication is to be
9administered. Information received by the school district
10under this subsection shall be kept on file in the office of
11the school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, the
12school's administrator.
13    (c) The school district must adopt an emergency action plan
14for a student who self-administers medication under subsection
15(b). The plan must include both of the following:
16        (1) A plan of action in the event a student is unable
17    to self-administer medication.
18        (2) The situations in which a school must call 9-1-1.
19    (d) The school district and its employees and agents shall
20incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a
21result of any injury arising from the self-administration of
22medication by a student under subsection (b). The student's
23parent or guardian must sign a statement to this effect, which
24must acknowledge that the parent or guardian must indemnify and
25hold harmless the school district and its employees and agents
26against any claims, except a claim based on willful and wanton

 

 

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1conduct, arising out of the self-administration of medication
2by a student.