Checklist: Who May Administer Insulin in California’s Schools Pursuant to An IEP or a Section 504 Plan Business and Professions Code Section 2725(b)(2) and the California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 604 authorize the following types of persons to administer insulin in California’s public schools pursuant to a Section 504 Plan or an IEP: 1. Self-administration, with authorization of the student’s licensed health care provide and parent/guardian; 2. School nurse or school physician employed by the LEA; 3. Appropriately licensed school employee (i.e., a registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse) who is supervised by a school physician, school nurse, or other appropriate individual; 4. Contracted registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse from a private agency or registry, or by contract with a public health nurse employed by the local county health department; 5. Parent/guardian who so elect; 6. Parent/guardian designee, if parent/guardian so elects, who shall be a volunteer who is not an employee of the LEA; and 7. Unlicensed voluntary school employee with appropriate training, but only in emergencies as defined by Section 2727(d) of the Business and Professions Code (epidemics or public disasters). 3 When no expressly authorized person is available under categories 2-4, supra, federal law - the Section 504 Plan or the IEP - must still be honored and implemented. Thus, a category #8 is available under federal law: 8. Voluntary school employee who is unlicensed but who has been adequately trained to administer insulin pursuant to the student’s treating physician’s orders as required by the Section 504 Plan or the IEP. 1 Unlicensed school personnel are authorized under state law to assist students as needed with insulin self-administration. Cal. Ed. Code sec. 49423 provides that unlicensed school personnel may assist with medication administration. 2 In such emergency cases, an unlicensed voluntary school employee should have been trained to at least the standards specified by the American Diabetes Association’s training slides entitled “Diabetes Care Tasks At School: What Key Personnel Need to know: Insulin Administration” (Attachment A). Such a voluntary school employee should be regularly, and at least quarterly, supervised by a school nurse, physician, or other appropriate individual under contract with the LEA, providing the training, and with emergency communication access to the same school nurse or physician. Documentation of training, ongoing supervision, and annual written verification of
Chapter 23 – Provision of Healthcare Services, Charter SELPA As of 09/08/2017 CAHELP Governance Council Approved
Page 22
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online