ยง 902-b. Treatment by licensed school personnel of students diagnosed
with allergies. 1. Licensed nurses, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants, or physicians employed by schools are authorized to
administer prescribed epinephrine pursuant to the scope of practice of
the licensed individual under title VIII of this chapter, to pupils
diagnosed by a physician or other duly authorized health care provider
with an allergy who have the written permission of a physician or other
duly authorized health care provider for the administration of emergency
epinephrine and written parental consent to carry and use an epinephrine
auto injector pursuant to section nine hundred sixteen-a of this
article, during the school day on school property and at any school
function as such terms are defined, respectively, by subdivisions one
and two of section eleven of this chapter.
2. A school district, board of cooperative educational services and/or
their agents or employees shall incur no legal or financial liability as
a result of any harm or injury sustained by a pupil or other person
caused by reasonable and good faith compliance with this section.
Structure New York Laws
Article 19 - Medical and Health Service
901 - School Health Services to Be Provided.
902 - Employment of Health Professionals.
902-A - Treatment of Students Diagnosed With Diabetes by School Personnel.
902-B - Treatment by Licensed School Personnel of Students Diagnosed With Allergies.
903 - Students to Furnish Health Certificates; and Dental Health Certificates.
904 - Examinations by Health Appraisal.
905 - Record of Screening Examinations for Vision, Hearing and Scoliosis.
906 - Existence of Communicable Diseases; Return After Illness.
908 - Prohibition Against Meal Shaming.
909 - School Hygiene Districts.
910 - Choice of Method of Treatment.
912 - Health and Welfare Services to All Children.
912-A - Urine Analysis; Drug Detection.
912-B - Speech and Language Improvement Services.
913 - Medical Examinations of Teachers and Other Employees.
914 - Immunization of Children.
915 - Prohibiting the Sale of Certain Sweetened Foods.
916 - Pupils With Asthma or Another Respiratory Disease Requiring Rescue Inhaler Treatment.
916-A - Pupils With Allergies.
917 - On-Site Cardiac Automated External Defibrillator.
918 - School District Nutrition Advisory Committees.
920 - Public Schools; Infestation of Bedbugs (Cimex Lectularius).
921 - Training of Unlicensed School Personnel to Administer Certain Medications.
921-A - On-Site Epinephrine Auto-Injector.
922 - Opiod Overdose Prevention.