Bill 51 explained in plain English
Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2010
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Bill 51 amends the Education Act to establish protocols for monitoring and treating students with diabetes in Ontario schools, including staff training and parental notification requirements.
This bill, the Education Amendment Act (Pupils with Diabetes), 2010, amends the Education Act to ensure that school staff are trained to monitor and provide treatment for students with diabetes. It outlines requirements for parents to inform schools about a student's diabetes, the responsibilities of school boards and principals in managing this information and ensuring staff training, and the roles of students and staff in providing care. The bill also includes provisions for emergency situations and protections from liability for staff acting in good faith. It clarifies that students are primarily responsible for their own medication and administration if reasonably feasible, and it does not remove existing common law duties.
- Amends the Education Act to create new provisions for the monitoring and treatment of pupils with diabetes in schools.
- Requires school boards to ensure staff who have regular contact with pupils who have or may have diabetes are trained in monitoring and treatment.
- Mandates that schools store insulin and other necessary medications if provided by the pupil.
- Specifies that staff can provide monitoring and treatment as prescribed by a medical practitioner if the pupil or guardian consents, and in medical emergencies.
- States that pupils are primarily responsible for providing and administering their own medication if reasonably feasible.
- Provides protection from liability for staff members acting in good faith, unless damages result from gross negligence.
- Requires parents or guardians to provide written notice to schools about a pupil's diabetes, including prescribed monitoring and treatment details for elementary school students.
- Requires schools to communicate information about diabetes management to pupils, parents, guardians, and staff.
- Directs schools to provide a list of staff who have regular contact with a student with diabetes to that student and their guardians.
- States that the bill comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Pupils with diabetes in Ontario schools (elementary and secondary).
- Parents and guardians of pupils with diabetes.
- School boards in Ontario.
- Principals of Ontario schools.
- All school staff who have regular contact with pupils who have or may have diabetes.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council (regarding regulations).
- Parents/guardians must provide written notice about a pupil's diabetes and, for elementary schools, details of prescribed monitoring and treatment.
- School boards must ensure staff are trained in monitoring and treatment.
- Schools must store medication provided by students.
- Staff are authorized to provide monitoring and treatment in non-emergency situations (with consent) and emergency situations.
- Pupils have the primary responsibility to provide and administer their own medication if reasonably feasible.
- Staff are protected from liability for acts done in good faith, except in cases of gross negligence.
- Schools must communicate relevant information about diabetes care to pupils, parents, guardians, and staff.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill specifies that no action for damages shall be instituted against a person or body for acts done in good faith or for neglect or default in good faith in accordance with this section, unless the damages are the result of gross negligence.
- The bill does not affect or interfere with duties under common law.
- The extent to which a pupil is responsible for providing and administering their own medication is limited to 'to the extent that it is reasonably feasible'.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations to limit or expand the monitoring and treatment staff are required or authorized to provide, including circumstances where they are not required to provide such care.
- The bill does not explicitly define 'regular contact' for staff.
- The specifics of 'other treatment specified in the regulations' are not detailed in the bill text provided, as these would be subject to future regulations.
Adds a new Part XIII.2 concerning the monitoring and treatment of pupils with diabetes, establishing requirements for notification, staff training, medication management, and the provision of care.
Source: Section 1
Specific regulations are overridden concerning monitoring and treatment, allowing this new Part XIII.2 to govern these procedures for pupils with diabetes.
Source: Section 322 (1)
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