Policy – Category 2000 (Administration)
BP 2006 – Provision of Healthcare Services
3. 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/or
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). Based on California Education Code §§ 44871 - 44878, 49400, 49422(a), and 49423; Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations §§ 600, 601(e)(f)(h) and 604 , it is recommended that medication be administered at school by the school nurse, other duly qualified supervisors of health, site administrator or designee as allowed by law, the parent/guardian or their designee as allowed by law or LEA policy, a contracted licensed health care professional whose licensure permits administration of the medication, or by the child under specified conditions.
1. Unlicensed school personnel designated by the site administrator may administer medication if:
2. The unlicensed staff member is willing to perform medication administration;
3. The unlicensed staff member is trained and determined to be capable and competent to be able to safely and accurately administer the medication by a licensed health care professional, who is legally authorized to provide such training and determine competence; 4. The unlicensed staff member performing medication administration is supervised by the licensed health care professional who provided the training, and the supervision, review, and monitoring of the medication administration is documented; 5. The unlicensed staff member does not administer medications that must be administered by injection, medications that have potential for immediate severe adverse reactions, or medications that require a nursing assessment
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 11/16)
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