California Education Code

§ 49414.3

EDC § 49414.3 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 27 · Ch. 9 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools may provide emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to school nurses or trained personnel who have volunteered pursuant to subdivision (d), and school nurses or trained personnel may use naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose.

(b)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1)“Authorizing physician and surgeon” may include, but is not limited to, a physician and surgeon employed by, or contracting with, a local educational agency, a medical director of the local health department, or a local emergency medical services director.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 557, Sec. 2. (AB 1748) Effective January 1, 2017.