§ 20-34-5-17 — Authorized diabetes management and treatment activities

Indiana § 20-34-5-17

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 34: STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES
• Ch. 5: Care of Students With Diabetes

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(a) As provided in a student's individualized
health plan, a school shall, except in an emergency, allow the student
to attend to the management and care of the student's diabetes if the
student has been evaluated and determined to be capable of doing so
as reflected in the student's individual health plan and the student's
diabetes management and treatment plan, including the following
activities:
(1) Performing blood glucose level checks.
(2) Administering insulin through the insulin delivery system the
student uses.
(3) Treating hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.
(4) Possessing on the student's person at any time the supplies or
equipment necessary to monitor and care for the student's
diabetes.
(5) Otherwise attending to the management and care of the
student's diabetes in the classroom, in any area of the school or
school grounds, or at any school related activity.
(b) The school nurse shall, in accordance with the requirements that
apply to the school nurse under IC 25-23, establish a procedure through
which a student described in subsection (a) is cared for in an
emergency.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.166-2007, SEC.2.