CHAPTER 91
HB 1272 - FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 1272
AN ACT allowing school nurses to possess and administer epinephrine for certain emergency treatment.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill removes the requirement that certain school nurses have parental authorization to possess epinephrine for certain emergency treatment in schools.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2010
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT allowing school nurses to possess and administer epinephrine for certain emergency treatment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
91:1 Possessing Prescription Drugs; School Nurses; Exception Expanded. Amend RSA 318:42, VII-a to read as follows:
VII-a. The possession and administration, with written parental authorization, of flu vaccine, immunizations, and mantoux tests for the purpose of disease prevention and tuberculosis screening[, and epinephrine for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis] by registered nurses employed or contracted by public school systems. The possession and administration[, with written parental authorization,] of epinephrine for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis by licensed practical nurses or registered nurses employed or contracted by public school systems.
91:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 27, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 26, 2000)