Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 158.832 to include a definition for "undesignated glucagon"; amend KRS 158.838 to allow health care practitioners to prescribe undesignated glucagon in the name of a school to be maintained for use by a school nurse or trained school employee when necessary.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Delete original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to treat diabetic medical emergencies when a health care practitioner is not immediately available.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 158.832, 158.838