(a) At each school campus adopting an unassigned epinephrine
auto-injector policy, the school principal may:
(1) assign school personnel or school volunteers to
be trained to administer unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors; or
(2) seek school personnel or school volunteers who
volunteer to be trained to administer unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors.
(b) In order to increase the number of trained individuals
in the administration of unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors, schools
may distribute to school personnel and school volunteers in the school
district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school, at least
once per school year, a notice including:
(1) a description of the request seeking volunteers
to be trained to administer an epinephrine auto-injector to a person
believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis; and
(2) a description of the training the school personnel
or school volunteers will receive in the administration of epinephrine
with an auto-injector.
(c) Trained school personnel or school volunteers who
administer the unassigned epinephrine auto-injector must submit a
signed statement indicating they agree to perform the service of administering
an unassigned epinephrine auto-injector to a student or individual
who may be experiencing anaphylaxis.
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