California Education Code

§ 49468.2

EDC § 49468.2 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 27 · Ch. 9 · Art. 4.6

Statute text

(a)(1) If a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy has been prescribed an emergency anti-seizure medication by the pupil’s health care provider, the pupil’s local educational agency, upon receipt of a request from the pupil’s parent or guardian, may designate one or more volunteers at the pupil’s school to receive initial and annual refresher training, based on the standards developed pursuant to subdivision (c), regarding the emergency use of anti-seizure medication from the school nurse or other qualified person designated by an authorizing physician and surgeon. There shall be no retaliation against any individual who chooses not to volunteer or who rescinds the individual’s offer to volunteer, including after receiving training.

(2)An employee who volunteers pursuant to this article may rescind their offer to administer emergency anti-seizure medication at any time, including after receipt of training.

(b)A school nurse or, if the school does not have a school nurse or the school nurse is not onsite or available, a volunteer who is designated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and who has received training as described in that paragraph, may administer emergency anti-seizure medication in accordance with this article to a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy if the pupil is suffering from a seizure.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 906, Sec. 1. (AB 1810) Effective January 1, 2023.