Section 49423.5 Of Article 2. Employment Of Medical Personnel From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 2.
49423.5
. (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, an individual with
exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care
services, during the regular schoolday, may be assisted by any of the
following individuals:
(1) Qualified persons who possess an appropriate credential issued
pursuant to Section 44267 or 44267.5, or hold a valid certificate of
public health nursing issued by the Board of Registered Nursing.
(2) Qualified designated school personnel trained in the
administration of specialized physical health care if they perform
those services under the supervision, as defined by Section 3051.12
of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, of a credentialed
school nurse, public health nurse, or licensed physician and surgeon
and the services are determined by the credentialed school nurse or
licensed physician and surgeon, in consultation with the physician
treating the pupil, to be all of the following:
(A) Routine for the pupil.
(B) Pose little potential harm for the pupil.
(C) Performed with predictable outcomes, as defined in the
individualized education program of the pupil.
(D) Do not require a nursing assessment, interpretation, or
decisionmaking by the designated school personnel.
(b) Specialized health care or other services that require
medically related training shall be provided pursuant to the
procedures prescribed by Section 49423.
(c) Persons providing specialized physical health care services
shall also demonstrate competence in basic cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and shall be knowledgeable of the emergency medical
resources available in the community in which the services are
performed.
(d) "Specialized physical health care services," as used in this
section, includes catheterization, gastric tube feeding, suctioning,
or other services that require medically related training.
(e) Regulations necessary to implement this section shall be
developed jointly by the State Department of Education and the State
Department of Health Care Services, and adopted by the state board.
(f) This section does not diminish or weaken any federal
requirement for serving individuals with exceptional needs under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et
seq.), and its implementing regulations, and under Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794) and its implementing
regulations.
(g) This section does not affect current state law or regulation
regarding medication administration.
(h) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section not
cause individuals with exceptional needs to be placed at schoolsites
other than those they would attend but for their needs for
specialized physical health care services.