Medicine at School

[nolawknowledge]

My question involves education law in the State of: NJ

hello,
child's (excellent) private school states that only life-saving medications may be given by anyone other than the school nurse. Example, epi pen for allergies is life-saving. That is pretty much the only medication they would permit. So the medication for an allergy, that would stop the reaction hopefully from becoming life-threatening and needing an epi pen, is apparently not permitted to be given if the school nurse is not available. Medically this is not proper, but I don't know whether they are correct about the law.

Can anyone point me to a statute so I can figure out if that is in fact the law, or perhaps they are not correct in their interpretation? Does the statute give a list of medications? Proviso for doctor's note for specific children? Or parent's note?

The school is fantastic but they believe that they are obligated to have this policy by NJ law.

Thanks.

[Dogmatique]

The thing about allergies is you NEVER know when you're going to need an Epi-pen.

But they may be referring to this .

Diphenhydramine - which is not prescribed and could technically be administered by anyone - will often stop a less severe reaction in its tracks.

[nolawknowledge]

Yes, that is my point. The afterschool teacher - per the school - is not permitted to administer benadryl.

The child (who is a bit too young anyway) is not allowed even to have it with her - as other students might take it from her backpack.

So she is left with a teacher watching her until her allergic reaction is bad enough to merit an epi pen. I can't believe that was the intention of the law, even if perhaps it is the letter of the law.

Just to clarify - they are saying that the teachers are not permitted to administer benadryl. Even though it is over the counter etc.

And thank you so much for that link.

Do you know how I might find the other laws cited?

" amending P.L.1993, c.308 and amending and supplementing P.L.1997, c.368 "