c) Standing Protocol

• 1) A standing protocol for administering undesignated epinephrine, an opioid antagonist, and/or asthma medication, as applicable, shall be provided to the school nurse and trained personnel, as well as kept with or near the epinephrine, opioid antagonist, or asthma medication, as applicable.

• 2) The standing protocol shall state the hours of the day, days of the week and the school-sponsored activities during which the undesignated epinephrine, opioid antagonist, or asthma medication, as applicable, will be available. A school is not required to have a school nurse or trained personnel available at all times nor at all school-sponsored activities to administer the epinephrine, opioid antagonist, or asthma medication, as applicable.

• 3) The standing protocol shall provide that the undesignated epinephrine, opioid antagonist, or asthma medication, as applicable, be stored in and available daily at one or more designated, secure locations. For the purposes of this Section, "secure location" means an unlocked location that is inaccessible to students and/or is visually monitored by an adult during the normal school day under routine circumstances.

• 4) The standing protocol shall include a written order for the undesignated epinephrine, opioid antagonist, or asthma medication that meets the requirements of Section 22-30(f) of the Code. (See Section 22-30(f) of the Code.)

Document addresses managing asthma in the school.

• (j-5) Annually, each school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school shall request an asthma action plan from the parents or guardians of a pupil with asthma. If provided, the asthma action plan must be kept on file in the office of the school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, the school administrator. Copies of the asthma action plan may be distributed to appropriate school staff who interact with the pupil on a regular basis, and, if applicable, may be attached to the pupil's federal Section 504 plan or individualized education program plan.
• (j-10) To assist schools with emergency response procedures for asthma, the State Board of Education, in consultation with statewide professional organizations with expertise in asthma management and a statewide organization representing school administrators, shall develop a model asthma episode emergency response protocol before September 1, 2016. Each school district, charter school, and nonpublic school shall adopt an asthma episode emergency response protocol before January 1, 2017 that includes all of the components of the State Board's model protocol.

(b) A school, whether public, charter, or nonpublic, must permit the self-administration and self-carry of asthma medication by a pupil with asthma or the self-administration and self-carry of an epinephrine injector by a pupil, provided that:

• (1) the parents or guardians of the pupil provide to the school (i) written authorization from the parents or guardians for (A) the self-administration and self-carry of asthma medication or (B) the self-carry of asthma medication or (ii) for (A) the self-administration and self-carry of an epinephrine injector or (B) the self-carry of an epinephrine injector, written authorization from the pupil's physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse; and
• (2) the parents or guardians of the pupil provide to the school (i) the prescription label, which must contain the name of the asthma medication, the prescribed dosage, and the time at which or circumstances under which the asthma medication is to be administered, or (ii) for the self-administration or self-carry of an epinephrine injector, a written statement from the pupil's physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse containing the following information:
• (A) the name and purpose of the epinephrine injector;
• (B) the prescribed dosage; and
• (C) the time or times at which or the special circumstances under which the epinephrine injector is to be administered.

The information provided shall be kept on file in the office of the school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, the school's administrator.

Sample asthma action plan for managing asthma in the school.

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