SB 854

This bill allows the governing body of a public, private, or tribal school to adopt

a plan for the management of pupils who have asthma. The plan must be approved

by a physician, an advanced practice nurse prescriber, or a physician assistant.

Under the bill, physicians, advanced practice nurse prescribers, and physician

assistants may provide prescriptions and standing orders for short-acting

bronchodilators or components to schools that adopt a plan. The governing body of

a school that adopts a plan and has a valid prescription or standing order may accept

donated short-acting bronchodilators or components if they are unopened and

unexpired and meet certain other requirements.

The governing body of a school that adopts a plan may authorize a school nurse,

or designated school personnel who have received training specified in the school's

plan, to do any of the following on school premises or at a school-sponsored activity:

1. Provide a short-acting bronchodilator to a pupil to self-administer in

accordance with a prescription specific to the pupil that is on file.

2. Administer a short-acting bronchodilator to a pupil in accordance with a

prescription specific to the pupil that is on file.

3. Administer a short-acting bronchodilator to a pupil or other person who the

school nurse or designated personnel believes is experiencing respiratory distress,

regardless of whether the pupil or other person has a prescription for a short-acting

bronchodilator.

The bill grants immunity from civil liability for injuries resulting from the

administration or self-administration of a short-acting bronchodilator 1) to a school

and designated school personnel; 2) to a physician, an advanced practice nurse

prescriber, or a physician assistant who provides a prescription or standing order to

a school for a short-acting bronchodilator; and 3) to a physician, an advanced

practice nurse prescriber, a physician assistant, or a pharmacist who dispenses a

short-acting bronchodilator to a school.