UT Code § 26-41-103 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 26 - Utah Health Code|Chapter 41 - Emergency Response for Life-threatening Conditions|Section 103 - Voluntary participation.

 Effective 7/1/2020  26-41-103. Voluntary participation.    (1) This chapter does not create a duty or standard of care for:   (a) a person to be trained in the use and storage of epinephrine auto-injectors or stock albuterol; or     (b) except as provided in Subsection (5), a qualified epinephrine auto-injector entity to store epinephrine auto-injectors or a qualified stock albuterol entity to store stock albuterol on its premises.       (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (5), a decision by a person to successfully complete a training program under Section 26-41-104 or 26-41-104.1 and to make emergency epinephrine auto-injectors or stock albuterol available under the provisions of this chapter is voluntary.     (3) A school, school board, or school official may not prohibit or dissuade a teacher or other school employee at a primary or secondary school in the state, either public or private, from:   (a) completing a training program under Section 26-41-104 or 26-41-104.1;     (b) possessing or storing an epinephrine auto-injector or stock albuterol on school property if:   (i) the teacher or school employee is a qualified adult; and     (ii) the possession and storage is in accordance with the training received under Section 26-41-104 or 26-41-104.1; or       (c) administering an epinephrine auto-injector or stock albuterol to any person, if:   (i) the teacher or school employee is a qualified adult; and     (ii) the administration is in accordance with the training received under Section 26-41-104 or 26-41-104.1.         (4) A school, school board, or school official may encourage a teacher or other school employee to volunteer to become a qualified adult.     (5)   (a) Each primary or secondary school in the state, both public and private, shall make an emergency epinephrine auto-injector available to any teacher or other school employee who:   (i) is employed at the school; and     (ii) is a qualified adult.       (b) This section does not require a school described in Subsection (5)(a) to keep more than one emergency epinephrine auto-injector on the school premises, so long as it may be quickly accessed by a teacher or other school employee, who is a qualified adult, in the event of an emergency.       (6)   (a) Each primary or secondary school in the state, both public and private, may make stock albuterol available to any school employee who:   (i) is employed at the school; and     (ii) is a qualified adult.       (b) A qualified adult may administer stock albuterol to a student who:   (i) has a diagnosis of asthma by a health care provider;     (ii) has a current asthma action plan on file with the school; and     (iii) is showing symptoms of an asthma emergency as described in the student's asthma action plan.       (c) This Subsection (6) may not be interpreted to relieve a student's parent or guardian of providing a student's medication or create an expectation that a school will have stock albuterol available.       (7) No school, school board, or school official shall retaliate or otherwise take adverse action against a teacher or other school employee for:   (a) volunteering under Subsection (2);     (b) engaging in conduct described in Subsection (3); or     (c) failing or refusing to become a qualified adult.      Amended by Chapter 236, 2019 General Session