Act No. 51

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

March 12, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 15, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Reps. Hansen, Raczkowski, Garcia, Basham, O'Neil, Woodward, Gieleghem, Rocca, Rivet, Patterson, Howell, Wojno, Newell, Minore, Pumford, Kilpatrick, Van Woerkom, Hager, DeRossett, Bovin, Dennis, Clark, Sanborn, Ruth Johnson, Jamnick, Kolb, Thomas, Callahan, Zelenko, Bernero, Waters, Rich Brown, McConico, Switalski, Anderson, Clarke, Phillips, Whitmer, Lockwood, Rison, Kuipers, Murphy, Lipsey, Faunce, Stamas, Lemmons, Middaugh, Drolet, Shulman, Godchaux, Stallworth, Plakas, Adamini, Jacobs, Richardville, Neumann, Williams, Kowall, Mans, Sheltrown, Spade, Richner, Pestka, Quarles, Jelinek, Reeves, Schauer, Garza, Mead, Pappageorge, Bogardus, Schermesser, Frank, Julian, Caul, Stewart, Koetje, Cameron Brown, Hardman, Bob Brown, Hart, Gosselin, Bisbee, DeWeese, Woronchak, George, Jansen, Allen, DeVuyst, Shackleton, Meyer, Gilbert, Toy, Birkholz, Hale, Bradstreet, Daniels, Ehardt, Scranton, Vander Roest, Bishop, Vear, Cassis, Kooiman, Mortimer, LaSata, Tabor, Vander Veen, Voorhees and Rick Johnson

Rep. Hummel named co-sponsor

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4672

AN ACT to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, and intermediate school districts; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, and intermediate school districts; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1178a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1178a. (1) Not later than October 1, 2002, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Review all guidelines, policies, or other publications produced by the department or another state agency concerning administration of medications to pupils at school and revise them as necessary.

(b) Make available to all school districts, intermediate school districts, and public school academies a model local policy concerning administration of medications to pupils at school.

(2) The model local policy developed under subsection (1) shall address the type and amount of training that may be required for persons who participate in administering medications to pupils at school. In developing this part of the policy, the department may consider training programs offered by the Michigan association of school nurses and by other public health organizations.

(3) Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, each school board, intermediate school board, and public school academy board of directors shall review its local policy concerning administration of medications to pupils at school. This review shall take place at a public meeting.

(4) School boards, intermediate school boards, and public school academy boards of directors are encouraged to align their local policies with the model policy developed under subsection (1) and are encouraged to provide appropriate training to persons who participate in administering medications to pupils at school.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.