Legislation

§ 921-a. On-site epinephrine device. 1. School districts, boards of
cooperative educational services, county vocational education and
extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and
secondary schools in this state may provide and maintain on-site in each
instructional school facility epinephrine devices in quantities and
types deemed by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner
of health, to be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use
during emergencies to any student or staff having anaphylactic symptoms
whether or not there is a previous history of severe allergic reaction.

2. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services,
county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and
non-public elementary and secondary schools in this state, any person
employed by any such entity, or employed by a contractor of such an
entity while performing services for the entity may administer
epinephrine devices in the event of an emergency pursuant to the
requirements of section three thousand-c of the public health law.

3. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services,
county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and
non-public elementary and secondary schools in this state that are
authorized to provide and maintain epinephrine devices on-site pursuant
to this section shall provide all teachers with written informational
material on the use of an epinephrine device that has been created and
approved by the commissioner of health.

4. For the purposes of this section, the term "epinephrine device"
shall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision
one of section three thousand-c of the public health law.