N.Y. Education Law § 921-a: On-site epinephrine device

§ 921-a. On-site epinephrine device. 1. School districts, boards of

cooperative educational services, county vocational education and

extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and

secondary schools in this state may provide and maintain on-site in each

instructional school facility epinephrine devices in quantities and

types deemed by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner

of health, to be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use

during emergencies to any student or staff having anaphylactic symptoms

whether or not there is a previous history of severe allergic reaction.

2. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services,

county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and

non-public elementary and secondary schools in this state, any person

employed by any such entity, or employed by a contractor of such an

entity while performing services for the entity may administer

epinephrine devices in the event of an emergency pursuant to the

requirements of section three thousand-c of the public health law.

3. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services,

county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and

non-public elementary and secondary schools in this state that are

authorized to provide and maintain epinephrine devices on-site pursuant

to this section shall provide all teachers with written informational

material on the use of an epinephrine device that has been created and

approved by the commissioner of health.

4. For the purposes of this section, the term "epinephrine device"

shall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision

one of section three thousand-c of the public health law.