SLS 14RS-564 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 195
BY SENATOR MILLS
SCHOOLS. Provides for the administration of medication at schools by a school nurse.
(8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:436.1(L), relative to administration of medication by a school nurse; to2
provide for a policy authorizing a school nurse to carry and administer inhalers under3
certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:436.1(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง436.1. Administration of medication; definition; conditions; restrictions7
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L. Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule, regulation, or9
policy to the contrary, the governing authority of each public elementary and10
secondary school shall adopt a policy authorizing a school nurse to carry and11
administer inhalers, as defined in Subparagraph (J)(4)(b) of this Section, to a12
student who the school nurse, in good faith, professionally believes is having a13
symptom of wheezing, whether or not such student has a prescription for an14
inhaler. The school nurse may administer the inhaler to respond to a student's15
symptom of wheezing, under standing protocol from a physician licensed to16
practice medicine in the state.17 SB NO. 195
SLS 14RS-564 ORIGINAL
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Mills (SB 195)
Proposed law requires that, notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule, regulation, or
policy to the contrary, the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary
school adopt a policy authorizing a school nurse to carry and administer inhalers, as defined
in present law, to a student who the school nurse, in good faith, professionally believes is
having a symptom of wheezing, whether or not such student has a prescription for an inhaler.
The school nurse may administer the inhaler to respond to a student's symptom of wheezing,
under standing protocol from a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 17:436.1(L))