(a) The local board of education shall ensure that each student in the school or system with a diabetic condition receives appropriate care as specified in his or her Individual Health Plan.
(b) The school nurse or a trained unlicensed medication assistant, to the extent required by the student's Individual Health Plan, shall be on site and available to provide care to each student with diabetes during regular school hours and school-sponsored before school and after school care programs, during field trips, extended off-site excursions, extracurricular activities in which the student is a direct participant, and on buses when the bus driver is not a trained unlicensed medication assistant.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 30A - Alabama Safe at Schools Act.
Section 16-30A-1 - Short Title.
Section 16-30A-2 - Definitions.
Section 16-30A-3 - Training of School Employees for Care of Students With Diabetic Medical Needs.
Section 16-30A-4 - Submission of Medical Order for Development of Individual Health Plan.
Section 16-30A-7 - Attendance and Activities of Students With Diabetes.
Section 16-30A-8 - Other Medical Conditions Requiring Supervision or Specialized Services.
Section 16-30A-9 - Liability of School Employees.
Section 16-30A-10 - Liability of Physicians.
Section 16-30A-11 - Training and Diabetes Care for Students.