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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-426.2" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Health and Safety of Students">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Anaphylaxis” means a sudden, severe, and potentially life–threatening allergic reaction that occurs when an individual is exposed to an allergen.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Emergency use epinephrine” means a portable, disposable drug delivery device or product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that contains a premeasured single dose of epinephrine that is used to treat anaphylaxis in an emergency situation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each county board shall establish a policy for public schools within its jurisdiction to authorize the school nurse and other school personnel to administer emergency use epinephrine, if available, to a student who is determined to be or perceived to be in anaphylaxis, regardless of whether the student:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has been identified as having an anaphylactic allergy, as defined in § 7–426.1 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has a prescription for epinephrine as prescribed by an authorized licensed health care practitioner under the Health Occupations Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The policy established under subsection (b) of this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Training for school personnel on how to recognize the symptoms of anaphylaxis;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Procedures for the emergency administration of emergency use epinephrine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The proper follow–up emergency procedures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A provision authorizing a school nurse to obtain and store at a public school emergency use epinephrine to be used in an emergency situation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A requirement that each public school develop and implement a method for notifying the parents or guardians of students of the school’s policy under this section at the beginning of each school year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except for any willful or grossly negligent act, a school nurse or other school personnel who respond in good faith to the anaphylactic reaction of a child in accordance with this section may not be held personally liable for any act or omission in the course of responding to the reaction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each public school shall submit, on the form that the Department requires, a report to the Department on each incident at the school or at a related school event that required the use of emergency use epinephrine.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall develop and disseminate a standard form to report each incident requiring the use of emergency use epinephrine at a public school.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
