Rhode Island H7896 allows students diagnosed with asthma or anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer medication.
Rhode Island H7896 permits students diagnosed with asthma, a condition that may lead to bronchospasm or anaphylaxis, or both, to carry and self-administer asthma medication or auto-injectable or intranasal epinephrine, or both. The bill requires the department of elementary and secondary education or the department of health to develop and implement policies for the possession and administration of a stock of undesignated auto-injector or nasal epinephrine in every school. School bus drivers and monitors shall receive training in the administration of epinephrine.
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