Florida Senate - 2009                              CS for SB 552
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Health Regulation; and Senator Wise
       
       
       
       
       588-02376-09                                           2009552c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the use of prescribed pancreatic
    3         enzyme supplements; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.;
    4         authorizing certain K-12 students to use prescribed
    5         pancreatic enzyme supplements under certain
    6         circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education
    7         to adopt rules; providing for indemnification;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (3) of
   13  section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
   15  school students must receive accurate and timely information
   16  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
   17  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
   18  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
   19  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
   20         (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
   21         (j) Use of prescribed pancreatic enzyme supplements.—A
   22  student who has experienced or is at risk for pancreatic
   23  insufficiency or who has been diagnosed as having cystic
   24  fibrosis may carry and self-administer a prescribed pancreatic
   25  enzyme supplement while in school, participating in school
   26  sponsored activities, or in transit to or from school or school
   27  sponsored activities if the school has been provided with
   28  parental and physician authorization. The State Board of
   29  Education, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall
   30  adopt rules for the use of prescribed pancreatic enzyme
   31  supplements which shall include provisions to protect the safety
   32  of all students from the misuse or abuse of the supplements. A
   33  school district, county health department, public-private
   34  partner, and their employees and volunteers shall be indemnified
   35  by the parent of a student authorized to use prescribed
   36  pancreatic enzyme supplements for any and all liability with
   37  respect to the student’s use of the supplements under this
   38  paragraph.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.