Sec. 16. (a) The school nurse shall perform the tasks necessary to assist a student in carrying out the student's individualized health plan. (b) When necessary, a volunteer health aide may perform the tasks necessary to assist a student in carrying out the student's individualized health plan, in compliance with the training guidelines provided under section 15 of this chapter. (c) A volunteer health aide may act under this section only if the parent or legal guardian of the student signs an agreement that: (1) authorizes a volunteer health aide to assist the student; and (2) states that the parent or legal guardian understands that, as provided under IC 34-30-14, a volunteer health aide is not liable for civil damages for assisting in the student's care. (d) A volunteer health aide who assists a student under this section: (1) is not considered to be engaging in the practice of nursing; and (2) is exempt from applicable statutes and rules that restrict activities that may be performed by an individual who is not an individual licensed or authorized under IC 25 to provide health care services. (e) A school corporation may not restrict the assignment of a student to a particular school on the sole basis of whether the school has volunteer health aides. As added by P.L.166-2007, SEC.2.
IC 20-34-5-17 Authorized diabetes management and treatment activities Sec. 17. (a) As provided in a student's individualized health plan, a school shall, except in an emergency, allow the student to attend to the management and care of the student's diabetes if the student has been evaluated and determined to be capable of doing so as reflected in the student's individual health plan and the student's diabetes management and treatment plan, including the following activities: (1) Performing blood glucose level checks. (2) Administering insulin through the insulin delivery system the student uses. (3) Treating hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. (4) Possessing on the student's person at any time the supplies or equipment necessary to monitor and care for the student's diabetes. (5) Otherwise attending to the management and care of the student's diabetes in the classroom, in any area of the school or school grounds, or at any school related activity. (b) The school nurse shall, in accordance with the requirements that apply to the school nurse under IC 25-23, establish a procedure through which a student described in subsection (a) is cared for in an emergency. As added by P.L.166-2007, SEC.2.