SB57 Summary - Alabama Safe at Schools Act

• Authorizes delegation of diabetes-related medical procedures to trained school employees ("unlicensed medication assistants") limited to administration of injectable medications specific to individual students' diabetes.

• Requires State Department of Education to develop training guidelines by the 2015-2016 school year in consultation with Alabama Board of Nursing based on American Academy of Pediatrics and National Diabetes Education Program recommendations.

• Prohibits schools from restricting students with diabetes from attending any school or participating in extracurricular activities based on diabetes status, availability of full-time nurse, or trained assistants.

• School employees cannot be required to serve as medication assistants and are protected from penalty or coercion; consideration of refusal in employment decisions is unlawful.

• Provides immunity from civil liability for school employees, physicians, certified registered nurse practitioners, and physician assistants acting under this act; effective July 1, 2014.