The Board authorizes the Superintendent or designee to establish procedures which allow for the safe, reliable, and timely access in self-administration of student medication administered by way of a metered-dose inhaler by a student for asthma or other potentially life-threatening respiratory illness or by way of an epinephrine auto-injector for severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis). [
Idaho Code 33-520] (See Procedures Section)
A student with diabetes, upon written request of the student's parent/guardian and written authorization from the student's treating physician, shall be permitted to perform blood glucose checks, administer insulin through the insulin delivery system the student uses, treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, and otherwise attend to the care and management of the student's diabetes in the classroom and in any area of the school or school grounds, and to possess on the student's person at all times all necessary supplies and equipment to perform these monitoring and treatment functions.