WASHINGTON STATE
State Legislature
School Health & Related Regulatory Language
Not a comprehensive list
- OSPI Bulletin 006-20 Student Engagement & Support New Guidance and Training on Opioid Use Disorder (2020)
- Opioid-Related Overdose Training in Schools (OSPI, 2022)
- Chapter 28A.210 RCW Health – Screening and Requirements
- RCW 28A.210.260 – Administration of medication—Conditions
- RCW 28A.210.390 – Opioid overdose reversal medication-Standing order-Administration
- RCW 28A.210.395 – Opioid overdose reversal medication-Policy guidelines and treatment requirements-Grant Program
- RCW 28A.210.380 – Anaphylaxis – Policy guidelines –Procedures – Reports
- RCW 28A.210.370 – Students with Asthma
- RCW 28A.210.330 – 340- 350 – Students with diabetes
- RCW 28A.210.320 – Children with life-threatening health conditions—Medication or treatment orders—Rules
- RCW 28A.210.355 – Students with epilepsy or other seizure disorders
- Immunization Law and Rules – Schools (Washington State Department of Health)
- WAC 246-570-050 – Epinephrine autoinjector and anaphylaxis training content
- WAC 392-380-045 – School attendance conditioned upon presentation of proofs
- Chapter 28A.600 RCW Students
- RCW 28A.600.190 – Youth sports-Concussion and head injury guidelines-injured athlete restrictions
- RCW 28A.600.192 Diagnosed concussions—Annual reports by public schools
- RCW 28A.600.195 – Sudden cardiac arrest in youth athletes – Online pamphlet – online prevention program for coaches
- Chapter 26.44 Abuse of Children
- Chapter 71.34 RCW – Mental Health Services for Minors
- Chapter 392-172A WAC – Rules for the Provision of Special Education
- WAC 392-172A-02100 – Home/Hospital Instruction
First Aid, CPR and AED
- Semiautomatic External Defibrillator – Duty of Acquirer – Immunity from Civil Liability, RCW 70.54.310
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction. RCW 28A.230.179
Recordkeeping in Schools
STATE
- School Districts and Educational Service Districts Records Retention Schedule – Updated June 2020
- Chapter 70.02 RCW – Medical Records – Health Care Information Access and Disclosure
FEDERAL
- Family Education Rights and Privacy (FERPA), U.S. Department of Education, 3/1/2018
- Common Authorization Requirements for Obtaining and Disclosing Student Health Information, Pacifica Law Group – 2015
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- HIPAA: Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 2015
- McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973, U.S. Department of Justice
- Free Appropriate Public Education for Students With Disabilities under Section 504, U.S. Department of Education, August 2010
Other Resources
- OSPI – Equity and Civil Rights Information on Section 504
- OSHA – Discussion of regulated waste (See “Regulated Waste” in Table of Contents)
- Legal Issues in School Health Services, Edited by Nadine Schwab and Mary Gelfman, 2005. Published by Authors Choice Press.
- Legal Resource for School Health Services, 2017.
- Providing Health Care to Minors under Washington Law, May 2023
- Washington State Governor’s Office of the Education Ombudsman
- Washington State OSPI Special Education Parent Liaison