Oklahoma § 70-1210.183 - Short title - Seizure-Safe Schools Act – Health plan

§ 70-1210.183. Short title - Seizure-Safe Schools Act – Health plan

for students with a seizure disorder.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "SeizureSafe Schools Act".

B. As used in the Seizure-Safe Schools Act, "seizure action

plan" means a written, individualized health plan designed to

acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a student

diagnosed with a seizure disorder.

C. Beginning January 1, 2022, each school district board of

education shall have at least one school employee at each school who

has met the training requirements necessary to:

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1. Administer or assist with the self-administration of a

seizure rescue medication or medication prescribed to treat seizure

disorder symptoms as approved by the United States Food and Drug

Administration and any successor agency; and

2. Recognize the signs and symptoms of seizures and the

appropriate steps to be taken to respond to these symptoms.

D. Any training programs or guidelines adopted by any state

agency for the training of school personnel in the health care needs

of any student diagnosed with a seizure disorder shall be fully

consistent with training programs and guidelines developed by the

Epilepsy Foundation of America and any successor organization.

Notwithstanding any state agency requirement or other law to the

contrary, for the purposes of this training a school district shall

be permitted to use any adequate and appropriate training programs

or guidelines for training of school personnel in the seizure

disorder care tasks covered under this section.

E. Before a seizure rescue medication can be administered to a

student to treat seizure disorder symptoms, the student's parent or

legal guardian shall:

1. Provide the school with written authorization to administer

the medication at school;

2. Provide a written statement from the student's health care

provider that shall contain the following information:

a.

the student's name,

b.

the name and purpose of the medication,

c.

the prescribed dosage,

d.

the route of administration,

e.

the frequency that the medication may be administered,

and

f.

the circumstances under which the medication may be

administered;

3. Provide the prescribed medication to the school in its

unopened, sealed package with the label affixed by the dispensing

pharmacy intact; and

4. Collaborate with school personnel to create a seizure action

plan.

F. The written authorization, written statement and seizure

action plan required in subsection E of this section shall be kept

on file in the office of the school nurse or school administrator

and shall be distributed to any school personnel or volunteers

responsible for the supervision or care of the student.

G. The written authorization for the administration of seizure

rescue medications provided for in subsection E of this section

shall be effective for the school year in which it is granted and

may be renewed each following school year upon fulfilling the

requirements of subsections E and F of this section.

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H. The Seizure-Safe Schools Act shall apply only to a school

that has a student enrolled who has a seizure disorder and has a

seizure rescue medication or other medication prescribed to treat

seizure disorder symptoms approved by the United States Food and

Drug Administration and any successor agency prescribed by the

student's health care provider.

I. The State Board of Education may promulgate administrative

rules for the development and implementation of the seizure

education program and the procedures for the development and content

of seizure action plans.

J. 1. A school employee may not be subject to any disciplinary

proceeding resulting from an action taken in compliance with the

Seizure-Safe Schools Act. Any employee acting in accordance with

the provisions of this act shall be immune from civil liability

unless the actions of the employee rise to a level of reckless or

intentional misconduct.

2. A school nurse shall not be responsible for and shall not be

subject to disciplinary action for actions performed by a volunteer.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 232, § 1, emerg. eff. April 26, 2021.