Oregon Statutes - Chapter 433 - Disease and Condition Control; Mass Gatherings; Indoor Air - Section 433.825 - Availability of doses of epinephrine and glucagon to trained persons.

(1) A person who has successfully completed educational training described in ORS 433.815 for severe allergic responses may receive from any health care professional with appropriate prescriptive privileges licensed under ORS chapter 677 or 678 in this state a prescription for premeasured doses of epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for administration. The person may possess and administer in an emergency situation when a licensed health care professional is not immediately available such prescribed epinephrine to any person suffering a severe allergic response.

(2) A person who has successfully completed educational training in the administration of glucagon as described in ORS 433.815 for hypoglycemia may receive from the parent or guardian of a student doses of glucagon prescribed by a health care professional with appropriate prescriptive privileges licensed under ORS chapter 677 or 678 in this state, as well as the necessary paraphernalia for administration. The person may possess and administer glucagon to the student for whom the glucagon is prescribed, if the student is suffering a severe hypoglycemic reaction in an emergency situation when a licensed health care professional is not immediately available and other treatment has failed or cannot be initiated. [1981 c.367 §5; 1989 c.299 §6; 1997 c.345 §6]

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