(1)This
section shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado School Children's Food
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act.
(2)As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires,
appropriate staff means employees of a school whom the principal or equivalent
executive in consultation with the school nurse of the school determines to be
appropriate recipients of emergency anaphylaxis treatment training, which
employees shall include, but need not be limited to, employees who are directly
involved during the school day with a student who has a known food allergy.
(3)(a) On or before January 1, 2010, the state board of education, in
consultation with the department of public health and environment, shall
promulgate rules for the management of food allergies and ana
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(1) This
section shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado School Children's Food
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act.
(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires,
appropriate staff means employees of a school whom the principal or equivalent
executive in consultation with the school nurse of the school determines to be
appropriate recipients of emergency anaphylaxis treatment training, which
employees shall include, but need not be limited to, employees who are directly
involved during the school day with a student who has a known food allergy.
(3) (a) On or before January 1, 2010, the state board of education, in
consultation with the department of public health and environment, shall
promulgate rules for the management of food allergies and anaphylaxis among
students enrolled in the public schools of the state. The rules must include, but
need not be limited to, the following:
(I) Reasonable accommodations for communication between schools and
emergency medical services, including instructions for emergency medical
responders;
(II) Reasonable accommodations to reduce the risk of students' exposure to
agents that may cause anaphylaxis, including but not limited to exposure that may
occur in classrooms, cafeterias, and common areas and during extracurricular
activities, field trips, school-sponsored programs occurring before and after regular
school hours, and other school-sponsored programs;
(III) The provision of emergency anaphylaxis treatment training for
appropriate staff to prepare them to respond appropriately in the event that a
student suffers anaphylaxis as a result of an allergic reaction to food, which
training must include, but need not be limited to, training in the administration of
epinephrine; and
(IV) Procedures to ensure the availability of a student's epinephrine to
faculty and administrative staff of the school in the event that a student suffers
anaphylaxis and requires emergency medical treatment.
(b) Prior to the beginning of each school year, each school district shall
provide notice to a parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in a school of
the school district of the policy adopted by the school district pursuant to section
22-32-139. The notice shall include the standard form developed by the department
of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-1.5-109, C.R.S., to allow the
parent or legal guardian of a student with a known food allergy to provide the
following information to the school's administration:
(I) Documentation regarding the diagnosis and history of the student's food
allergy;
(II) Identification of all foods to which the student is known to be allergic;
(III) Identification of any medication that has been prescribed for the student
for the treatment of a food allergy or anaphylaxis;
(IV) Any specific signs or symptoms that may indicate the student is having
an allergic reaction to a food;
(V) Emergency treatment procedures to employ in the event that the student
suffers an allergic reaction to food;
(VI) The names and telephone numbers of persons whom the administration
of the student's school should contact in addition to emergency medical personnel
in the event that the student suffers an allergic reaction to food; and
(VII) The name, telephone number, and signature of the student's primary
health-care provider.
(c) The notice required by paragraph (b) of this subsection (3) shall include
language that encourages parents and legal guardians of students for whom
medication has been prescribed for treatment of a food allergy or anaphylaxis to
give to the school nurse or other administrator of the student's school a supply of
the medication.