                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES SUPERVISING SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF
CERTAIN MEDICATION (§ 8.01-226.5:1)

A. Any school principal or other employee of a school board who, in good faith,
without compensation, and in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct, supervises the self-administration of inhaled asthma medications or
auto-injectable epinephrine by a student, pursuant to &#xA7; 22.1-274.2, shall
not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the
supervision of self-administration of inhaled asthma medications or
auto-injectable epinephrine by such student. Further, no such principal or
school board employee shall be liable for any civil damages for any injuries or
deaths resulting from the misuse of such auto-injectable epinephrine.

B. For the purposes of this section, &#8220;employee&#8221; shall include any
person employed by a local health department who is assigned to a public school
pursuant to an agreement between a local health department and a school board.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 871; 2005, c. 785.