AR HB2011

School districts and public charter schools may authorize school nurses to provide and administer epinephrine auto-injectors to students with individualized health care plans that authorize such use.

School nurses may administer epinephrine auto-injectors to students they reasonably believe are experiencing anaphylactic reactions, even without prior authorization or parental waiver.

School nurses administering epinephrine auto-injectors must follow a standing protocol from a physician licensed to practice medicine in Arkansas.

Schools receiving epinephrine auto-injector supplies must maintain them in a locked, secure location.

School districts, their employees and agents, and physicians providing standing protocols receive immunity from liability for administering epinephrine auto-injectors in good faith, except in cases of intentional or willful and wanton misconduct.