| House Bill 1688 provides the following guidelines: A
student with asthma is entitled to possess and self-administer prescription asthma
medicine while on school property or at a school related event or activity if:
(a) the prescription asthma medicine has been prescribed for the student as
indicated by the prescription label on the medicine;
(b) the self-administration is done in compliance with the prescription or
written instructions from the student's physician or other licensed health care provider;
(c) a parent of the student provides the school a written authorization,
signed by the parent, for the student to self-administer prescription asthma medicine; and
(d) a parent of the student provides to the school a written statement from the
student's physician or other licensed health care provider, signed by the physician or
provider that states:
| 1. that the student has asthma and is capable of
self-administering the prescription asthma medication; |
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| 2. the name and purpose of the medicine; |
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| 3. the prescribed dosage for the medicine; |
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| 4. the time at which or circumstances under which the medicine
may be administered; and |
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| 5. the period for which the medicine is prescribed. |
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The physician's statement must be kept on file in the office of the
school nurse of the campus the student attends or, if there is not a school nurse, in the
office of the principal of the campus the student attends. A person standing in
parental relation to a student or the student himself, if over the age of 18, may give
permission to use an asthma inhaler under these guidelines. |
