Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 10-212a-1 through
				10-212a-10
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Administration of medication" means any
			 one of the following activities: handling, storing, preparing or pouring of
			 medication; conveying it to the student according to the medication order;
			 observing the student inhale, apply, swallow, or self-inject the medication,
			 when applicable; documenting that the medication was administered; and counting
			 remaining doses to verify proper administration and use of the
			 medication;
(2) "Advanced practice
			 registered nurse" means an individual licensed pursuant to Section
			 20-94a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(3) "Authorized prescriber" means a
			 physician, dentist, optometrist, advanced practice registered nurse or
			 physician assistant and, for interscholastic and intramural athletic events
			 only, a podiatrist;
(4) "Before-
			 and after-school program" means any child care program operated and
			 administered by a local or regional board of education or municipality exempt
			 from licensure by the Office of Early Childhood pursuant to subdivision (1) of
			 subsection (b) of Section
			 19a-77
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Such programs shall not include public or
			 private entities licensed by the Office of Early Childhood or board of
			 education enhancement programs and extra-curricular activities;
(5) "Board of education" means a local or
			 regional board of education, a regional educational service center, a unified
			 school district, the regional vocational-technical school system, an approved
			 private special education facility, the Gilbert School, the Norwich Free
			 Academy, Woodstock Academy or a non-public school whose students receive
			 services pursuant to Section
			 10-217a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(6) "Cartridge injector" means "cartridge
			 injector" as defined in Section
			 10-212a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(7) "Coach" means an "athletic coach" as
			 defined in Section
			 10-222e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(8) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Education or any duly authorized representative thereof;
(9) "Controlled drugs" means "controlled
			 drugs" as defined in Section
			 21a-240
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(10) "Cumulative health record" means the
			 cumulative health record of a pupil mandated by Section
			 10-206 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(11)
			 "Dentist" means a doctor of dentistry licensed to practice dentistry in
			 Connecticut pursuant to Chapter 379 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or
			 licensed to practice dentistry in another state;
(12) "Department" means the Connecticut State
			 Department of Education or any duly authorized representative
			 thereof;
(13) "Director" means the
			 person responsible for the operation and administration of any school readiness
			 program or before- and after-school program;
(14) "Eligible student" means a student who
			 has reached the age of eighteen or is an emancipated minor;
(15) "Error" means:
(A) failure to do any of the following as
			 ordered:
(i) administer a medication to a
			 student;
(ii) administer medication
			 within the time designated by the prescribing practitioner;
(iii) administer the specific medication
			 prescribed for a student;
(iv)
			 administer the correct dosage of medication;
(v) administer medication by the proper
			 route; and/or
(vi) administer the
			 medication according to generally accepted standards of practice; or,