3415 – Accommodating Students with Diabetes
The NWESD 189 school nurse is appointed to:
- Consult and coordinate with the parents and health care providers of students with diabetes; and
- Train and supervise the appropriate staff in the care of students with diabetes.
The NWESD 189 shall develop and follow an individual health plan for each student with diabetes. Each individual health care plan shall include an individual emergency plan element. The health plans shall be updated annually, and more frequently as needed.
Parents of students with diabetes may designate an adult to provide care for their student consistent with the student’s individual health care plan. At the parent request, cooperative program employees may volunteer to be a parent-designated adult under the policy, but they shall not be required to participate. Parent-designated adults who are cooperative program employees shall file a voluntary, written, current and unexpired letter of intent stating their willingness to be a parent-designated adult. Parent-designated adults who are cooperative program employees are required to receive training in caring for students with diabetes from the NWESD 189 school nurse or from a nationally certified diabetes educator. Parent-designated adults who are not cooperative program employees are required to show evidence of comparable training and meet NWESD 189 district requirements for volunteers. Parent-designated adults shall receive additional training from a parent-selected health care professional or expert in diabetic care to provide the care requested by the parent. The NWESD 189 school nurse is not responsible for the supervision of procedures authorized by the parents and carried out by the parent-designated adult.
In addition to adhering to the requirements of each individual health care plan, for the general care of students with diabetes, the NWESD 189 shall:
- Acquire necessary parent requests ad instructions for treatment
- Acquire monitoring and treatment orders from licensed health care providers prescribing within the scope of their licensed authority.
- Provide sufficient and secure storage for medical equipment and medication provided by the parent.
- Permit students with diabetes to perform blood glucose tests, administer insulin, treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, with easy access to the necessary supplies, equipment, and medication necessary under their individual health care plan. This includes the option for students to carry the necessary supplies, equipment and medication on their person and perform monitoring and treatment functions wherever they are on cooperative program grounds or at cooperative program sponsored events.
- Permit students with diabetes unrestricted access to necessary food and water on schedule and as needed, and unrestricted access to bathroom facilities. When food is served at cooperative program events, provision shall be made for appropriate food to be available to student with diabetes.
- Cooperative program meals shall not be withheld from any student for disciplinary reasons. Students with diabetes shall not miss meals because they are not able to pay for them. The charge for the meal will be billed to the parent or adult student and collected consistent with NWESD 189 policies.
- Parents and health care providers of students with diabetes will be provided with a description of their student’s cooperative program scheduled to facilitate the timing of monitoring, treatment, and food consumption.
- Each student’s individual health care plan shall be distributed to appropriate staff based on the student’s needs and the staff member’s contact with the student.
The NWESD 189, its employees, agents or parent-designated adults who act in good faith and in substantial compliance with a student’s individual health care plan and the instructions of the student’s health care provider shall not be criminally or civilly liable for services provided under chapter 350, Laws of 2002.
First Reading: 04/25/2022
Second Reading: 05/23/2022
Reference:
Ch. 350, Laws of 2002
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
PL 101-336 Americans with Disabilities Act
Cross Reference:
Policy 3416 – Medication at School
Policy 5630 – Volunteers
Date Revised: 5/23/22