ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 590

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: SEPTEMBER 19, 1996

 

      The Assembly Health Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 590.

      This bill amends P.L.1993, c.308 (C.18A:40-12.3 et seq.), which authorizes a board of education to permit the self-administration of medication by a pupil for asthma or other potentially life-threatening illnesses under certain conditions, to include authorization for a governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school to permit the self-administration of medication by a pupil under the same conditions.

      These conditions require that:

    the parents or guardians provide their written authorization for the self-administration of medication and submit written certification from the pupil's physician confirming that the pupil has the illness and is capable of, and has been instructed in, the proper method of self-administration;

    the nonpublic school inform the parents or guardians that it shall incur no liability as a result of any injury arising from the self-medication;

    the parents or guardians sign a statement that the school shall incur no liability as a result of any injury arising from the self-medication; and

    permission for the administration of medication be effective for the school year for which it is granted and be renewed for each subsequent school year.