{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-40-12.25","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.25","heading":"Guidelines for development of policy.","body":"3. a. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Human Services and appropriate medical experts, shall establish guidelines for the development of a policy by a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school for the emergency administration of opioid antidotes.  Each board of education, board of trustees of a charter school, and chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall implement the guidelines in developing a policy pursuant to section 2 of this act.\nb.\tThe guidelines shall include a requirement that each school nurse, and each employee designated pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of this act, receive training on standardized protocols for the administration of an opioid antidote to a person who is reasonably believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose. The training shall include the overdose prevention information described in subsection a. of section 5 of the \"Overdose Prevention Act,\" P.L.2013, c.46 (C.24:6J-5).  The guidelines shall specify an appropriate entity or entities to provide the training, and a school nurse shall not be solely responsible to train the employees designated pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of this act.\nL.2018, c.106, s.3; amended 2021, c.152, s.8.","path":["TITLE 18A EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"24a692e6d5a89fc0be2452818dbc92e9960c9c7e25ace8a3d9ffa371178eab14","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-40-12.24","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-40-12.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}