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Requires the North Carolina State Board of Education to adopt a mandatory policy for all local school administrative units to manage students with life-threatening food allergies.

Proposed legislation to expand the availability of stock epinephrine in North Carolina schools and provide liability protections for staff who administer the medication in emergencies.

Allows public schools to store and use epinephrine nasal sprays in addition to traditional auto-injectors.

Increases food allergy safety in public schools by requiring a nurse in every school, staff training on anaphylaxis, medical action plans, and prohibiting food at school celebrations.

This bill mandates a school nurse in every school, requires staff training on anaphylaxis, requires medical action plans for students with food allergies, and prohibits food at school celebrations.

Requires local boards of education to provide a supply of emergency epinephrine delivery systems (including nasal sprays) on school property for use by trained personnel.

School nurse or trained employee may administer epinephrine under standing protocol.

Allows students to self-administer asthma or anaphylaxis medication under certain conditions.

Requires certified school nurses to create individualized health care plans for students with severe allergies.

SponsorSen. Robert W. Singer, Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.

Requires training for school personnel in treating severe allergies and anaphylaxis.

One School One Nurse Act

Assists in the recruitment, hiring, and retention of school nurses at every elementary and secondary public school to support children with asthma and severe allergies.

Allows trained school bus drivers to administer epinephrine to students.

School nurse or trained employee may administer epinephrine under standing protocol.

Stock Epinephrine in Maine Schools

Permits public and private schools in Maine to stock non-patient-specific epinephrine auto-injectors under a collaborative practice agreement or standing order to treat suspected anaphylaxis.

Chapter 40 Medication Rule

Provides specific regulatory requirements for training unlicensed school personnel to administer medications and outlines the protocols for students to self-carry emergency inhalers and epinephrine.

Student Asthma and Anaphylaxis Self-Carry Update

Proposed bill to modernize student self-carry rights to explicitly include intranasal epinephrine and updated asthma rescue delivery methods.

Pending Bill H.3621 (School Bus Safety and Health)

A proposed bill (tracked in recent sessions) aimed at enhancing bus safety. Legislative analysts have suggested amendments to include mandatory medical kits including epinephrine.

Epinephrine Update Bill

Proposed legislation to clarify and expand the ability of school nurses and designated personnel to administer epinephrine to any individual on school premises believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis, providing further liability protections.