Sec. 14. (a) At each school in which a student with diabetes is enrolled, the school principal, after consultation with the school nurse, shall:

(1) seek school employees to serve as volunteer health aides; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-34-5-14

  • health care services: has the meaning set forth in IC 27-8-11-1. See Indiana Code 20-34-5-2
  • school: refers to a public school, including a charter school. See Indiana Code 20-34-5-7
  • school employee: means an individual employed by:

    Indiana Code 20-34-5-8

  • school nurse: refers to an individual who:

    Indiana Code 20-34-5-9

  • student: refers to a student with diabetes. See Indiana Code 20-34-5-10
  • volunteer health aide: means a school employee who:

    Indiana Code 20-34-5-11

(2) make efforts to ensure that the school has an adequate number of volunteer health aides to care for students.

     (b) A volunteer health aide, while providing health care services, serves under the supervision and authorization of the principal and the school nurse in accordance with the requirements that apply to the school nurse under IC 25-23.

     (c) A volunteer health aide must have access to the school nurse, in person or by telephone, during the hours that the volunteer health aide serves as a volunteer health aide.

     (d) A school employee may not be subject to any disciplinary action for refusing to serve as a volunteer health aide. The school shall inform school employees that participation as a volunteer health aide is voluntary. A school employee who volunteers as a volunteer health aide may elect to perform only those functions that the school employee:

(1) chooses to perform; and

(2) is trained to perform in the training program described in section 15 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.166-2007, SEC.2.

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