Relating to epinephrine; to expand the type of approved epinephrine to include any Food and Drug Administration approved form of single-dose premeasured epinephrine.
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Expands the definition of approved epinephrine for school and entity stocking to include all FDA-approved premeasured delivery systems, including nasal sprays.
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Core Patient Populations
Patients who rely on timely access to emergency epinephrine.
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Legislative History & Resources
Student Self-Carry Law
An Act To Authorize Certain School Children To Carry Emergency Medication on Their Persons
Requires schools to have policies allowing students to possess and self-administer asthma inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors with proper medical and parental authorization.
Early Learning Center Epinephrine Law
Louisiana Revised Statute 17:436.3
Authorizes early learning centers to maintain a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine and requires at least one trained employee to be on-site to administer it under a physician's standing protocol.
Act 657 Emergency Medications
Louisiana Revised Statute 40:1146
Allows 'qualified entities,' including licensed early learning centers, to maintain a stock supply of life-saving medications including epinephrine and albuterol under statewide standing orders.
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