KRS 158.299: Type 1 diabetes informational materials -- Requirements.

(1) (a) The Kentucky Department of Education, in coordination with the Department

for Public Health, the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators, or any

other entity the departmen t deems appropriate, shall develop Type 1 diabetes

informational materials for the parents and guardians of students. The

informational materials shall include but not be limited to a:

1. Description of Type 1 diabetes;

2. Description of the risk factors and warning signs associated with Type 1

diabetes;

3. Description of the need for screening for early detection of Type 1

diabetes using a blood autoantibody test; and

4. Recommendation for parents and guardians to immediately consult with

their child's pri mary care provider to develop an appropriate treatment

plan if they believe that their child displays warning signs associated

with Type 1 diabetes or has received positive early detection screening

results. Parents and guardians shall be advised that a tr eatment plan may

include consultation with, and examination by, a specialty health care

provider licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy, including but not

limited to an endocrinologist.

(b) The department shall make the informational materials require d by this

subsection available to school districts at no cost on the department's website.

(2) Each local board of education and public charter school board of directors shall

make the Type 1 diabetes informational materials developed in accordance with

subsection (1) of this section available on the school or school district website, in

the main front entrance of each school, and in each family resource and youth

services center.