Emergency services: liability.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact nature and type of anti-seizure rescue medication are not specified in the provided summary.

Emergency Help: Protection from Legal Trouble

This law protects people who are trained to give anti-seizure medicine and do so in emergencies, as long as they act carefully and do not get paid for it.

What This Bill Does

• It says that if someone is trained to give emergency anti-seizure medication, they can administer this medicine to anyone experiencing a seizure during an emergency situation.
• The law protects these people from being sued or charged with crimes if they follow the rules and act carefully when giving the medicine.
• People who help must not be paid for their work and should not act in a grossly negligent manner.

Who It Names or Affects

• Anyone trained to give emergency anti-seizure medication in an emergency situation.
• People experiencing a seizure who need immediate medical attention.

Terms To Know

Anti-seizure rescue medication

Medicine used to stop or control seizures when someone is having them.

Grossly negligent

Being extremely careless and not taking proper care in a situation.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not cover situations where the Seizure Safe Schools Act applies.
• It only protects people who are not paid for giving the medicine and act carefully, not those who are grossly negligent or do something harmful on purpose.

Official Summary Text

AB 369, Michelle Rodriguez.
Emergency services: liability.
Existing law, the Seizure Safe Schools Act, if a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy has been prescribed an emergency anti-seizure medication by the pupil’s health care provider, authorizes the pupil’s local educational agency, upon receipt of a request from the pupil’s parent or guardian, to designate one or more volunteers at the pupil’s school to receive initial and annual refresher training regarding the emergency use of anti-seizure medication and authorizes a school nurse or, if the school does not have a school nurse or the school nurse is not onsite or available, a volunteer who has been designated and received training regarding the emergency use of anti-seizure medication, to administer emergency anti-seizure medication to a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy if the pupil is suffering from a seizure. Existing law,
notwithstanding any other law, excuses a person trained as required who administers emergency anti-seizure medication or medication prescribed for seizure disorder symptoms in compliance with these provisions, in good faith and not for compensation, to a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy who appears to be experiencing a seizure, from professional review, liability in a civil action, or criminal prosecution for the person’s acts or omissions in administering the emergency anti-seizure medication, as specified. Existing law also, notwithstanding any other law, similarly excuses a person who is not otherwise licensed to administer an opioid antagonist but who has required training, who acts with reasonable care in administering an opioid antagonist, in good faith and not for compensation, to a person who is experiencing or is suspected of experiencing an overdose, from professional review, liability in a civil action, or criminal prosecution for this administration.
This bill, notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in the Seizure Safe Schools Act, would excuse a person who is otherwise not licensed to administer anti-seizure rescue medication, but who administers anti-seizure rescue medication at the scene of an emergency, in good faith and not for compensation, to a person who is experiencing, or is suspected of experiencing, a seizure, from professional review, liability in a civil action, or criminal prosecution for that administration of anti-seizure rescue medication so long as the person’s conduct is not grossly negligent and does not constitute willful or wanton misconduct.

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