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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 5. EDUCATION |
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SubTilte 5-A. OFFICE OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION |
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Chapter 5-A11. ACCESS TO EMERGENCY EPINEPHRINE IN SCHOOLS |
Section 5-A1102. ADMINISTRATION OF DESIGNATED OR UNDESIGNATED EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTORS
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1102.1 In emergency circumstances, a certified employee or agent of a public school may administer epinephrine via an undesignated epinephrine auto-injector to a public school student or a designated epinephrine auto-injector to the student to whom it is prescribed if:
(a) The certified employee or agent believes, in good faith, that the student is suffering from or about to suffer from an anaphylactic reaction; and
(b) The student is on the public school premises, on a school bus, or on a field trip or other sanctioned excursion away from the public school premises.
1102.2 After the administration of epinephrine via a designated or undesignated epinephrine auto-injector to a public school student pursuant to this chapter, the public school shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) The student shall be immediately transported by emergency medical services to a hospital emergency department for medical evaluation;
(b) The principal, or designee, of the public school shall, as soon as practicable, notify the student’s emergency contact;
(c) The certified employee or agent of the public school who administered the epinephrine auto-injector shall document the details of the incident; and
(d) The principal of the public school, or the principal’s designee, shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after the administration of an undesignated epinephrine auto-injector, notify OSSE and the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse who provided the standing order permitting the use of the undesignated epinephrine auto-injector of its use.