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16-30A-3
Section 16-30A-3 Training of school employees for care of students with diabetic medical needs.
(a) No later than the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, the State Department of Education,
in consultation with the Alabama Board of Nursing, shall develop guidelines for the training
of school employees in the care needed for students with diabetic medical needs according
to the student's Individual Health Plan, the medical authorizations of which are limited to
permitting the administration of injectable medications specific to his or her diabetes. No
other delegation of injectable medications shall be allowed under this chapter. These guidelines
shall be developed in consideration of the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the National Diabetes Education Program, and any other appropriate published medical guidelines.
Each local board of education shall ensure that diabetes training programs are provided for
all school nurses and unlicensed medication assistants...
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16-30A-7
Section 16-30A-7 Attendance and activities of students with diabetes. A student with diabetes
in public school may attend the school the student would otherwise attend if the student did
not have diabetes, and the diabetes care specified in Section 16-30A-5 shall be provided at
the school. A school system may not restrict a student who has diabetes from attending any
school on the basis that the student has diabetes, that the school does not have a full-time
school nurse, or that the school does not have trained unlicensed medication assistants. A
student with diabetes may participate in extracurricular and co-curricular activities to the
same extent as a student without diabetes. In addition, a school shall not require or pressure
parents or guardians to provide care for a student with diabetes at school or at school-sponsored
activities in which the student is a direct participant as set forth in Section 16-30A-5.
However, if the parent or guardian of a student with diabetes does not...
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16-30A-5
Section 16-30A-5 Appropriate care for students under Individual Health Plan; availability of
nurse or medication assistant. (a) The local board of education shall ensure that each student
in the school or system with a diabetic condition receives appropriate care as specified in
his or her Individual Health Plan. (b) The school nurse or a trained unlicensed medication
assistant, to the extent required by the student's Individual Health Plan, shall be on site
and available to provide care to each student with diabetes during regular school hours and
school-sponsored before school and after school care programs, during field trips, extended
off-site excursions, extracurricular activities in which the student is a direct participant,
and on buses when the bus driver is not a trained unlicensed medication assistant. (Act 2014-437,
p. 1618, §5.)...
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16-30B-3
Section 16-30B-3 Rulemaking authority; school nurse requirements; training guidelines. (a)
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules regarding the administration of Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting; provided, however, the board
may not propose rules without approval from the task force created pursuant to Section 16-30B-6.
For purposes of this subsection, approval requires an affirmative vote from at least three-fifths
of the task force members. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, the contents of
a plan and procedures for the execution and termination of a plan. The final rules shall be
certified to the Legislative Services Agency not later than June 1, 2019. (b) A Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plan administered under this chapter shall be developed
by the school nurse, in conjunction with the representative of the qualified minor. (c) A
plan shall include an Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care...
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16-30A-4
Section 16-30A-4 Submission of medical order for development of Individual Health Plan. The
parent or guardian of each student with an identified diabetic medical condition who seeks
care while at school shall submit the order from a physician, certified registered nurse practitioner
operating under a valid collaborative agreement, or physician assistant operating under a
valid supervisory agreement according to the timeline established by the local education agency
to be considered in the development of the student's Individual Health Plan. (Act 2014-437,
p. 1618, §4.)...
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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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16-1-48
Section 16-1-48 Anaphylaxis preparedness program. (a) The State Department of Education shall
develop an anaphylaxis preparedness program to be adopted by each local board of education
and implemented in each K-12 public school commencing with the 2015-2016 scholastic year.
The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy shall provide guidance, direction, and advice to the State
Department of Education in developing and administering the anaphylaxis preparedness program.
(b) The anaphylaxis preparedness program shall incorporate the following three levels of prevention
initiated by licensed public school nurses as a part of the health services program: (1) Level
I, primary prevention: Education programs that address food allergies and anaphylaxis through
both classroom and individual instruction for staff and students. (2) Level II, secondary
prevention: Identification and management of chronic illness. (3) Level III, tertiary prevention:
The development of a planned response to...
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34-29-61
Section 34-29-61 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.
Any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers the degree of doctor
of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA). (2) ANIMAL. Any animal or mammal other than man, including birds, fish,
reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. (3) APPLICANT. A person who files an application
to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine or licensed as a veterinary technician. (4)
BOARD. Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. (5) CONSULTING VETERINARIAN. A
veterinarian licensed in another state who gives advice or demonstrates techniques to a licensed
Alabama veterinarian or group of licensed Alabama veterinarians. A consulting veterinarian
shall not utilize this privilege to circumvent the law. (6) DIRECT...
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16-30A-2
Section 16-30A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) DELEGATION. The act of authorizing a competent individual to perform selected
nursing activities supportive to registered nurses or licensed practical nurses in selected
school situations as provided under this chapter, while retaining the accountability for the
outcome if the delegation is to an unlicensed individual. (2) INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PLAN. A document
that outlines health care to be provided to a student in the school setting, developed by
the school nurse in conjunction with the student's parents or guardians and may contain the
orders from the physician, certified registered nurse practitioner operating under a valid
collaborative agreement, or physician assistant operating with a valid supervisory agreement.
(3) SCHOOL. Any primary or secondary public school located in the state. (4) SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.
Any person employed by a public school system located in the...
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22-8B-3
Section 22-8B-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner for another
person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately intends
on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL HYDRATION.
A medical treatment consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous
line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided
nutrition and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding.
(3) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action; meaning to consider
carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with intent to cause the
death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate
in any way in a health care service, including, but...
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