18A:40-12.30 School nurse to have primary responsibility.

3. The policy for the administration of medication to a pupil shall provide that the school nurse shall have the primary responsibility for the administration of the hydrocortisone sodium succinate. The school nurse shall designate, in consultation with the board of education or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school, additional employees of the school district or nonpublic school who volunteer to administer hydrocortisone sodium succinate to a pupil for adrenal insufficiency when the nurse is not physically present at the scene. In the event that a licensed athletic trainer volunteers to administer hydrocortisone sodium succinate, it shall not constitute a violation of the "Athletic Training Licensure Act," P.L.1984, c.203 (C.45:9-37.35 et seq.).

The school nurse shall determine that:

a. the designees have been properly trained in the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate using standardized training protocols established by the Department of Education in consultation with the Department of Health;

b. the parents or guardians of the pupil consent in writing to the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate by the designees;

c. the board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school informs the parents or guardians of the pupil in writing that the district and its employees or agents or the nonpublic school and its employees or agents shall have no liability as a result of any injury arising from the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate to the pupil;

d. the parents or guardians of the pupil sign a statement acknowledging their understanding that the district or nonpublic school shall have no liability as a result of any injury arising from the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate to the pupil and that the parents or guardians shall indemnify and hold harmless the district and its employees or agents or the nonpublic school and its employees or agents against any claims arising out of the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate to the pupil; and

e. the permission is effective for the school year for which it is granted and is renewed for each subsequent school year upon fulfillment of the requirements in subsections a. through d. of this section.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the emergency administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate to a pupil for adrenal insufficiency by the school nurse or other employees designated pursuant to this section when the pupil is authorized to self-administer hydrocortisone sodium succinate pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.308 (C.18A:40-12.3).

L.2019, c.118, s.3.