2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation
Section 10-212c - Life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease: Guidelines; district plans.

(a) Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available to each local and regional board of education guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease. The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Education and training for school personnel on the management of students with life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease, including training related to the administration of medication with a cartridge injector pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-212a, and the provision of food or dietary supplements, (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening allergic reactions to food, (3) a process for the development of individualized health care and food allergy action plans for every student with a life-threatening food allergy, (4) a process for the development of individualized health care and glycogen storage disease action plans for every student with glycogen storage disease and such plan shall include, but not be limited to, the provision of food or dietary supplements by the school nurse, or any school employee approved by the school nurse, to a student with glycogen storage disease provided such plan shall not prohibit a parent or guardian, or a person designated by such parent or guardian, to provide food or dietary supplements to a student with glycogen storage disease on school grounds during the school day, and (5) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.

(b) Not later than August 15, 2012, each local and regional board of education shall: (1) Implement a plan based on the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction; (2) make such plan available on such board’s web site or the web site of each school under such board’s jurisdiction, or if such web sites do not exist, make such plan publicly available through other practicable means as determined by such board; and (3) provide notice of such plan in conjunction with the annual written statement provided to parents and guardians as required by subsection (b) of section 10-231c. The superintendent of schools for each school district shall annually attest to the Department of Education that such school district is implementing such plan in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(P.A. 05-104, S. 1; P.A. 09-155, S. 2; P.A. 12-198, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 05-104 effective June 7, 2005; P.A. 09-155 amended Subsec. (b) by redesignating existing plan provisions as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re availability of plan through web sites and other practicable means and adding Subdiv. (3) re notice of plan and attestation by superintendent of schools that plan is being implemented, effective August 15, 2009; P.A. 12-198 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “January 1, 2006” with “July 1, 2012”, adding references to glycogen storage disease, adding “and the provision of food or dietary supplements” in Subdiv. (1), adding new Subdiv. (4) re individualized health care and glycogen storage disease action plans and redesignating existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (5) and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “July 1, 2006” with “August 15, 2012” and adding reference to glycogen storage disease, effective June 15, 2012.