                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POLICIES REGARDING MEDICATION RECOMMENDATIONS BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL (§
22.1-274.3)

The Board of Education shall develop and implement policies prohibiting school
personnel from recommending the use of psychotropic medications for any student.
Such policies shall not prohibit school health staff, classroom teachers or
other school professionals from recommending that a student be evaluated by an
appropriate medical practitioner, or prohibit school personnel from consulting
with such practitioner, with the written consent of the student&#8217;s parent.
		For the purposes of this section, &#8220;psychotropic medications&#8221; means
those medications the prescribed intention of which is to alter mental activity
or state, including, but not limited to, antipsychotic, antidepressant, and
anxiolytic medication and behavior-altering medication.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 314.