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WAIS Document Retrieval <br />shall it be construed to create any liability for failure to <br />investigate that person. <br />To the extent that this section is inconsistent with federal law, <br />it shall be inoperative. <br />1596.797. (a) Blood glucose testing for the purposes of monitoring <br />a minor child diagnosed with diabetes may be performed in a child day <br />care facility in accordance with paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of <br />Section 1291 of the Business and Professions Code. <br />(b) Nothing in this section, or in any other provision of law, <br />including, but not limited to, Section 1291 ~r 2056 of the Business <br />and Professions Code, shall require an insulin injection to be <br />administered to any child in a child day care facility. <br />1596.798. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, licensees <br />and staff of a child day care facility may a~jminister inhaled <br />medication to a child if all of the following requirements are met: <br />(1) The licensee or staff person has been provided with written <br />authorization from the minor's parent or le q~il guardian to administer <br />inhaled medication and authorization to contact the child's health <br />care provider. The authorization shall include the telephone number <br />and address of the minor's parent or legal gtra rdian. <br />(2) T'he licensee or staff person complies with specific written <br />instructions from the child's physician to which all of the following <br />shall apply: <br />(A) The instructions shall contain all of the following <br />information: <br />(i) Specific indications for administering the medication pursuant <br />to the physician's prescription. <br />(ii) Potential side effects and expected response. <br />(iii) Dose-form and amount to be administered pursuant to the <br />physician's prescription. <br />(iv) Actions to be taken in the event of s.i de effects or <br />incomplete treatment response pursuant to the physician's <br />prescription. <br />(v) Instructions for proper storage of the medication. <br />(vi) The telephone number and address of the child's physician. <br />(B) The instructions shall be updated annually. <br />(3) The licensee or staff person that admi ni.sters the inhaled <br />medication to the child shall record each instance and provide a <br />record to the minor's parent or legal guardian on a daily basis. <br />(9) Beginning January 1, 2000, a licensee or staff person who <br />obtains or renews a pediatric first aid certificate pursuant to <br />Section 1596.866 shall complete formal training designed to provide <br />instruc t:ion in administering inhaled medication to children with <br />respiratory needs. This training shall include, but not be limited <br />to, training in the general use of nebulizer ~=_quipment and inhalers, <br />how to clean the equipment, proper storage of inhaled medication, how <br />a child :>hould respond to inhaled medication, what to do in cases of <br />emergency, how to identify side effects of the medication, and when <br />to notify a parent or legal guardian or physician. This training <br />shall be a component in the pediatric first a_.d certificate <br />requirement as provided in Section 1596.8661. <br />(5) For a specified child, the licensee or staff person who <br />administers inhaled medication has been instructed to administer <br />inhaled medication by the child's parent or guardian. <br />Page 8 of 9 <br />httn'//wwwlevinfnnaanv/roi-hin/waicaate7WATRrinriTl=QF.QSdR~Z~C7~~+(1~l1R,\11AIC., r~nnnnnQ <br />