BILL NUMBER: SB 1549	CHAPTERED  09/01/00

	CHAPTER   281
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 14, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Poochigian

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2000

   An act to add Sections 49423.5.1 and 49423.6 to the Education
Code, relating to school medical personnel.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1549, Poochigian.  Education:  school personnel:  medication.
   (1) Existing law requires the State Department of Education and
the State Department of Health Services to jointly adopt regulations
concerning the assistance of individuals with exceptional needs by
qualified health and school personnel.
   The bill would require the State Department of Education to review
and make recommendations to the state board regarding any needed
updates to these regulations on or before June 15, 2001.
   (2) Under existing law, any pupil who is required to take, during
the regular school day, medication prescribed by a physician, may be
assisted by the school nurse or other designated school personnel if
the school district receives written instructions from the
prescribing physician and written permission from the pupil's parent
or legal guardian to have the school administer the medication.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
develop and recommend to the State Board of Education, and the board
to adopt, on or before June 15, 2001, regulations concerning the
administration of medication to public school pupils pursuant to
those provisions, in consultation with specified representatives and
would prescribe related matters.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 49423.5.1 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   49423.5.1.  On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of
Education shall review and make recommendations to the State Board of
Education regarding any needed updates to the regulations adopted
pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 49423.5.
  SEC. 2.  Section 49423.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   49423.6.  (a) On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of
Education shall develop and recommend to the State Board of
Education, and the board shall adopt regulations, regarding the
administration of medication in the public schools pursuant to
Section 49423.  These regulations shall be developed in consultation
with parents, representatives of the medical and nursing professions,
and other individuals jointly designated by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, the Advisory Commission on Special Education
established pursuant to Section 33590, and the Department of Health
Services.  The Board of Registered Nursing may designate a liaison to
consult with the Board of Education in the adoption of these
regulations.
   (b) Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be
limited to addressing a situation where a pupil's parent or legal
guardian has initiated a request to have a local educational agency
dispense medicine to a pupil, based on the written consent of the
pupil's parent or legal guardian, for a specified medicine with a
specified dosage, for a specified period of time, as prescribed by a
physician or other authorized medical personnel.