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2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XV - Education
Title 200 - Health and Sanitation
Section 200:45 - Immunity.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 200:45 (2022)
200:45 Immunity. –
I. No school district, member of a school board, or school district employee shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of any act or omission related to a pupil's use of an epinephrine auto-injector pursuant to RSA 200:43, if the provisions of RSA 200:42 have been met, unless the damages were caused by willful or wanton conduct or disregard of the criteria established in that section for the possession and self-administration of an epinephrine auto-injector by a pupil.
II. No school that possesses and makes available epinephrine auto-injectors, member of its school board, school nurse, school district employee, agents or volunteers, no health care practitioner that prescribes epinephrine auto-injectors to a school, and no person that conducts the training described in RSA 200:44-a shall be liable for damages as a result of the administration or self-administration of an epinephrine auto-injector, the failure to administer an epinephrine auto-injector, or any other act or omission related to the possession or use of an epinephrine auto-injector, unless the damages were caused by willful or wanton misconduct.
III. The administration of an epinephrine auto-injector by designated school personnel pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall not require licensure.
IV. This section shall not be construed to eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that may be available under state law.
I. No school district, member of a school board, or school district employee shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of any act or omission related to a pupil's use of an epinephrine auto-injector pursuant to RSA 200:43, if the provisions of RSA 200:42 have been met, unless the damages were caused by willful or wanton conduct or disregard of the criteria established in that section for the possession and self-administration of an epinephrine auto-injector by a pupil.
II. No school that possesses and makes available epinephrine auto-injectors, member of its school board, school nurse, school district employee, agents or volunteers, no health care practitioner that prescribes epinephrine auto-injectors to a school, and no person that conducts the training described in RSA 200:44-a shall be liable for damages as a result of the administration or self-administration of an epinephrine auto-injector, the failure to administer an epinephrine auto-injector, or any other act or omission related to the possession or use of an epinephrine auto-injector, unless the damages were caused by willful or wanton misconduct.
III. The administration of an epinephrine auto-injector by designated school personnel pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall not require licensure.
IV. This section shall not be construed to eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that may be available under state law.
Source. 2003, 50:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2003. 2016, 39:3, eff. July 2, 2016.
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