Virginia § 22.1-206.01 Instruction concerning opioid overdose prevention and reversal

Virginia Statutes

§ 22.1-206.01 — Instruction concerning opioid overdose prevention and reversal

Virginia § 22.1-206.01

Title 22.1Education

Ch. 13Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks

Art. 1Programs and Courses of Instruction Generally

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Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-206.01 (2026).

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A.Each local school board shall develop a plan, in accordance with the guidelines and model curriculum developed by the Department of Health in collaboration with the Department of Education, in accordance with the protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, for providing at each public secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 a program of instruction on opioid overdose prevention and reversal. Such program of instruction shall include instruction in identifying the signs of a possible opioid overdose and training in the administration of an opioid antagonist for the reversal of a potentially life-threatening opioid overdose.

B.Each public secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 shall pr

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A. Each local school board shall develop a plan, in accordance with the guidelines and model curriculum developed by the Department of Health in collaboration with the Department of Education, in accordance with the protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, for providing at each public secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 a program of instruction on opioid overdose prevention and reversal. Such program of instruction shall include instruction in identifying the signs of a possible opioid overdose and training in the administration of an opioid antagonist for the reversal of a potentially life-threatening opioid overdose.

B. Each public secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 shall provide an opioid overdose prevention and reversal program of instruction at such grade level as the local school board deems appropriate. Each public secondary school shall adopt policies for the purpose of encouraging each student to complete such opioid overdose prevention and reversal program of instruction prior to graduating from high school.