§18-5-22a Policy for the administration of medications. - West Virginia Statutes

§18-5-22a. Policy for the administration of medications.

All county boards of education shall develop a specific medication administration policy which establishes the procedure to be followed for the administration of medication at each school.

No school employee shall be required to administer medications: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent any school employee to elect to administer medication after receiving training as provided herein: Provided, however, That any school employee in the field of special education whose employment commenced on or after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, may be required to administer medications after receiving training as provided herein.