Answer: No, if the student does not meet the self-directed criteria established by the attending school district and school nurse (must be RN), the student may not carry an inhaler. Keep in mind, the goal is to assist the student to become self-directed.
Resource: Education Law Article 19 (Section 916) - Pupils afflicted with asthma. The board of education or trustees of each school district and board of cooperative educational services shall allow pupils who have been diagnosed by a physician or other duly authorized health care provider with a severe asthmatic condition to carry and use a prescribed inhaler during the school day, with written permission of a physician or other duly authorized health care provider, parental consent, based on such physician's or asthmatic attacks sever enough to debilitate such pupil. A record of such permission shall be maintained in the school office. (posted 9-25-01)
