Virginia School Stock Albuterol Law (Va. Code § 54.1-3408)
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Summary
Authorizes school nurses and trained school employees to possess and administer undesignated stock albuterol to students believed in good faith to be experiencing an asthmatic crisis.
Full Description
Virginia is one of 24 states (including DC) that have passed laws or guidelines permitting schools to stock albuterol inhalers with a prescription and administer them to a student believed to be in respiratory distress. These laws standardize asthma action plans and improve asthma management in schools. Stock albuterol laws help save the lives of students who experience an asthma attack at school and do not have their own prescribed inhaler. The federal School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program Act (SAMPRO Act, 2021) encourages more schools to implement comprehensive asthma management programs.
Key Provisions
1. Permits schools to stock albuterol inhalers with prescription. 2. Allows trained personnel to administer albuterol to students in respiratory distress. 3. Standardizes asthma action plans. 4. Improves school-based asthma management.
Who This Bill Serves & Who's Backing It
Core Patient Populations
Children and adults living with asthma.
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Legislative Timeline
Votes & Legislative History
Alex's Law (Amendment)
To Clarify The Types Of Epinephrine For Use In Elementary And Secondary Schools In This State
Clarifies that epinephrine for use in schools includes auto-injectable epinephrine and epinephrine nasal spray, updating existing school-based emergency medication laws.
Needle-Free Epinephrine Bill
Use of Epinephrine Nasal Spray in Schools
Proposed legislation to expand the definition of 'epinephrine delivery systems' in schools to include nasal sprays and other needle-free products.
NYC Epinephrine Mandate
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring schools and child care programs to stock epinephrine devices
Requires NYC Department of Education schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and regulated child care programs to stock epinephrine devices.
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