NRS388.424. Order of physician for doses of epinephrine maintained by public school; school personnel authorized to administer doses; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations.

      1.  Each public school, including, without limitation, each charter school, shall obtain an order from a physician or osteopathic physician for auto-injectable epinephrine pursuant to NRS 630.374 or 633.707 and acquire at least two doses of the medication to be maintained at the school. If a dose of auto-injectable epinephrine maintained by the public school is used or expires, the public school shall ensure that at least two doses of the medication are available at the school and obtain additional doses to replace the used or expired doses if necessary.

      2.  Auto-injectable epinephrine maintained by a public school pursuant to this section may be administered:

      (a) At a public school other than a charter school, by a school nurse or any other employee of the public school who has been designated by the school nurse and has received training in the proper storage and administration of auto-injectable epinephrine; or

      (b) At a charter school, by the employee designated to be authorized to administer auto-injectable epinephrine pursuant to NRS 386.598 if the person has received the training in the proper storage and administration of auto-injectable epinephrine.

      3.  A school nurse or other designated employee of a public school may administer auto-injectable epinephrine maintained at the school to any pupil on the premises of the public school during regular school hours whom the school nurse or other designated employee reasonably believes is experiencing anaphylaxis.

      4.  A public school may accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for the support of the public school in carrying out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, the acceptance of auto-injectable epinephrine from a manufacturer or wholesaler of auto-injectable epinephrine.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 1224)