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SECTION 921-A
On-site epinephrine auto-injector
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 1, ARTICLE 19
§ 921-a. On-site epinephrine auto-injector. 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 auto-injectors 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 auto-injectors 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 auto-injectors on-site
pursuant to this section shall provide all teachers with written
informational material on the use of an epinephrine auto-injector that
has been created and approved by the commissioner of health.