California Court Limits Who Can Inject Diabetic Students

The San Francisco Chronicle (6/9, Egelko) reported, "A state appeals court struck down California school regulations Tuesday that allowed trained staff members to give insulin shots to disabled children with diabetes, saying state law requires the caregiver to be a nurse. The ruling by the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento overturned a 2007 agreement between the state Department of Education and the American Diabetes Association." According to the Chronicle, "That agreement, which settled a separate lawsuit, required schools to train non-nursing employees to test children's blood sugar, if a child is unable to do so, and to administer insulin whenever licensed nurses are unavailable."