Title: H943 [Edition 2]
Category: Introduced Bill 2003

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA	SESSION 2003

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
H	2
HOUSE BILL 943
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/24/03

Short Title:	Schools Can't Recommend Some Medications. | (Public)
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April 8, 2003

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Prohibiting School Personnel from Recommending or requiring the Use of certain medications by Any Child.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 115C‑47.  Powers and duties generally.
In addition to the powers and duties designated in G.S. 115C‑36, local boards of education shall have the power or duty:
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(44)	To Prohibit School Personnel from Recommending or Requiring the Use of Psychotropic Drugs or Central Nervous System Stimulants by Any Child. – Each local board of education shall adopt and implement rules and policies:
a.	Prohibiting any school personnel from recommending the use of psychotropic drugs or central nervous system stimulants by any child, and
b.	Prohibiting any school from requiring that a child take psychotropic drugs or central nervous system stimulants as a condition of attending the school.
	Rules and policies adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall not prohibit school personnel from recommending that a child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner, or prohibit school personnel from consulting with such practitioner with the consent of the parents or guardian of such child."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2003.

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