Senate Bill No. 366
(By Senator Prezioso)
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[Introduced January 29, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-22a of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to not requiring certain special
education teachers to administer medications.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-5-22a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-22a. Policy for the administration of medications.
All county boards of education shall develop a specific
medication administration policy which establishes the procedure to
be followed for the administration of medication at each school.
No school employee shall be required to administer
medications.
Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent any
school employee to elect to administer medication after receiving
training as provided herein. Provided, however, That any school employee in the field of special education whose employment
commenced on or after the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred eighty-nine, may be required to administer medications
after receiving training as provided herein. A school employee who
has received training as provided in this article may elect to
administer medications.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement
that certain special education teachers administer medications.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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