FL S0494

District school boards must list the emergency response agencies responsible for notifying schools of each type of emergency in their emergency response policy.

Public schools may purchase and maintain supplies of epinephrine auto-injectors in secure locations and must adopt a physician-developed protocol for trained personnel to administer them during anaphylactic reactions.

Students authorized by parents and physicians may self-administer epinephrine auto-injectors while at school, in school-sponsored activities, or in transit to/from school.

School districts and their employees are not liable for injuries from epinephrine auto-injector use by trained personnel following adopted protocols, unless the action was willful and wanton.

Private schools receive the same authorization and liability protections for purchasing, maintaining, and administering epinephrine auto-injectors, and emergency response agencies must notify private schools that opt into district emergency notification procedures.