§ 902-B — Treatment by licensed school personnel of students diagnosed with allergies

New York § 902-B

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law EDN: Education
• Title 1: General Provisions Article 1 Short Title and Definitions (§§
• Art. 19: Medical and Health Service

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§ 902-b. Treatment by licensed school personnel of students diagnosed\nwith allergies. 1. (a) Licensed nurses, nurse practitioners, physician\nassistants, or physicians employed by schools are authorized to\nadminister prescribed epinephrine pursuant to the scope of practice of\nthe licensed individual under title VIII of this chapter, to pupils\ndiagnosed by a physician or other duly authorized health care provider\nwith an allergy who have the written permission of a physician or other\nduly authorized health care provider for the administration of emergency\nepinephrine and written parental consent to carry and use an epinephrine\ndevice pursuant to section nine hundred sixteen-a of this article,\nduring the school day on school property and at any school function as\nsuch terms are defined, respectively, by subdivisions one and two of\nsection eleven of this chapter.\n (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "epinephrine\ndevice" shall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision one of section three thousand-c of the public health law.\n 2. A school district, board of cooperative educational services and/or\ntheir agents or employees shall incur no legal or financial liability as\na result of any harm or injury sustained by a pupil or other person\ncaused by reasonable and good faith compliance with this section.\n