AR SB569

Permits public school students with adrenal insufficiency to self-administer oral hydrocortisone (stress dose medication) at school with written parental authorization and physician orders.

Requires parents to sign an individualized healthcare plan developed by the school nurse that notifies the school nurse, classroom teacher, and administrator of medication self-administration during an adrenal crisis.

Parents must sign a liability waiver acknowledging the school district is not liable for injuries from self-administration and indemnifying school employees and the district.

Allows trained volunteer public school personnel to administer intramuscular hydrocortisone sodium succinate (emergency dose medication) to students with adrenal insufficiency when a school nurse is unavailable, with parental written authorization.

Requires annual training for volunteer school personnel on adrenal insufficiency recognition, crisis symptoms, medication types, and proper administration, with guidance developed by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in coordination with the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.