§ 20-34-4.5-1 — Prescription or standing order for emergency medication; storage

Indiana § 20-34-4.5-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 34: STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES
• Ch. 4.5: Emergency Medication

Text

(a) A school or a school corporation may:
(1) fill a prescription or statewide standing order for an
emergency medication; and
(2) store the emergency medication:
(A) if the prescription or statewide standing order is filled by a
school, in the school; or
(B) if the prescription or statewide standing order is filled by a
school corporation, in a school in the school corporation;
if a health care provider who is licensed in Indiana and whose scope of
practice includes the prescribing of medication writes the prescription
or the state health commissioner issues a statewide standing order for
the emergency medication for the school or school corporation.
(b) The school shall store the emergency medication in a safe
location in which only school employees have access.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.92-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.117-2017, SEC.7; P.L.164-2023, SEC.55.