Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §254, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:

5. Medication. The commissioner may adopt or amend rules for the administration of medication in public or approved private schools. Those rules must provide that authority granted to a school secretary to administer medication is an option that may be exercised at the sole discretion of the secretary. Medication may not be administered by unlicensed personnel at these schools, except as provided by the written prescription of a physician or dentist or by the written permission of the parent or guardian of the individual receiving the medication.

SUMMARY

This bill provides that school secretaries may exercise an option to administer medication to students.