Life-threatening Allergies

(a)A student who has a documented life-threatening allergy shall have:

(1)an epinephrine auto-injector provided by his or her parent or guardian in his or her possession or in the possession of the school nurse, school administrator, or his or her designee, in all school environments that the student may be in, including, but not limited to, the classroom, the cafeteria, the school bus, and on field trips; and

(2)a written individual health care plan in place for the prevention and proactive management for the student in all school environments that the student may be in, including, but not limited to, the classroom, the cafeteria, the school bus, and on field trips. The individual health care plan required under this paragraph may be incorporated in the student’s individualized education program required under Public Law 94-142, or the student’s 504 plan required under Public Law 93-112.

(b)Each school is encouraged to keep an epinephrine autoinjector in a minimum of two

(2)locations in the school, including, COL1172018 CH. 9A STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES ACT but not limited to, the school office and the school cafeteria, so that epinephrine may be administered to any student believed to be having a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction. Schools electing to keep epinephrine auto-injectors shall maintain them in a secure, accessible, but unlocked location. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to the extent that the epinephrine autoinjectors are donated to a school, or a school has sufficient funding to purchase the epinephrine auto-injectors.

(c)Policies and Procedures. Each school electing to keep epinephrine auto-injectors shall implement policies and procedures for managing a student’s life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction developed and approved by the Guam Education Board. --------ARTICLE 5 RIGHTS OF STUDENT AND PARENTS