Sponsored by:
Senator THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.
District 21 (Essex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Mercer)
Assemblyman ERIC MUNOZ
District 21 (Essex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
Assemblyman JOSEPH VAS
District 19 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman JOAN M. VOSS
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman CHARLOTTE VANDERVALK
District 39 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Conners and Diegnan
SYNOPSIS
Clarifies that in nonpublic schools the school nurse would be required to recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine to students when nurse is not physically present.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the administration of epinephrine in nonpublic schools and amending P.L.2007, c.57.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 6 of P.L.2007, c.57 (C.18A:40-12.6c) is amended to read as follows:
6. a. In an effort to assist the certified school nurse in a public school district and the school nurse in a nonpublic school in recruiting and training additional school employees as volunteer designees to administer epinephrine for anaphylaxis when the school nurse is not physically present, the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Senior Services shall jointly develop training protocols, in consultation with the New Jersey School Nurses Association.
b. The certified school nurse [,] in consultation with the board of education, or the school nurse in consultation with the chief school administrator of a nonpublic school, shall recruit and train volunteer designees who are determined acceptable candidates by the school nurse within each school building as deemed necessary by the nursing service plan.
(cf: P.L.2007, c.57, s.6)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill clarifies a provision of law concerning the emergency administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis. Current law provides that a certified school nurse in consultation with the board of education or the chief school administrator of the nonpublic school must recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine for anaphylaxis when the school nurse is not physically present. However, nonpublic schools are not required by law to employ certified school nurses. Therefore, the bill provides that in the case of a nonpublic school, it would be the school nurse, in consultation with the chief school administrator of the school, who would be required to recruit and train the volunteer designees.