CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2834
Chapter 101, Laws of 2002
57th Legislature
2002 Regular Session
PUBLIC SCHOOLS--CHILDREN
WITH LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/13/02
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Passed by the House February 14,
2002
Yeas 98 Nays 0
 FRANK
CHOPP
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 7,
2002
Yeas 49 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2834 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate
on the dates hereon set forth.
 CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
Chief Clerk
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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Approved March 22, 2002 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 22, 2002 - 12:49 p.m.
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 GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2834
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Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/08/2002. Referred to Committee on .
Requiring a medication or treatment order as a condition
for children with life-threatening conditions to attend public school.
AN
ACT Relating to requiring a medication or treatment order as a condition for
children with life-threatening conditions to attend public school; and adding a
new section to chapter 28A.210 RCW.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 28A.210 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
The attendance of every child at every public school in the state shall be
conditioned upon the presentation before or on each child's first day of
attendance at a particular school of a medication or treatment order addressing
any life-threatening health condition that the child has that may require
medical services to be performed at the school. Once such an order has been
presented, the child shall be allowed to attend school.
(2)
The chief administrator of every public school shall prohibit the further
presence at the school for any and all purposes of each child for whom a
medication or treatment order has not been provided in accordance with this
section if the child has a life-threatening health condition that may require
medical services to be performed at the school and shall continue to prohibit
the child's presence until such order has been provided. The exclusion of a
child from a school shall be accomplished in accordance with rules of the state
board of education. Before excluding a child, each school shall provide
written notice to the parents or legal guardians of each child or to the adults
in loco parentis to each child, who is not in compliance with the requirements
of this section. The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the
following: (a) The requirements established by this section; (b) the fact that
the child will be prohibited from further attendance at the school unless this
section is complied with; and (c) such procedural due process rights as are
established pursuant to this section.
(3)
The state board of education shall adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW that
establish the procedural and substantive due process requirements governing the
exclusion of children from public schools under this section. The rules shall
include any requirements under applicable federal laws.
(4)
As used in this section, "life-threatening condition" means a health
condition that will put the child in danger of death during the school day if a
medication or treatment order and a nursing plan are not in place.
(5)
As used in this section, "medication or treatment order" means the
authority a registered nurse obtains under RCW 18.79.260(2).
Passed the House February 14, 2002.
Passed the Senate March 7, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
March 22, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2002.