[Diabetes-talk] Fw: new law affects NJ students with diabetes

Mon Jan 11 06:26:11 UTC 2010

Dear All,
Wow, I was very fortunate in Elementary school because in 1966 when I 
developed Diabetes I was allowed to carry any sugar product I desired and 
take it immediately, even in class.

Joy Stigile

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: new law affects NJ students with diabetes

>
> This law walks a fine line as all laws do, but a diabetic of any age 
> should be responsible for their management and care.
>
> I have had Type 1 diabetes for 24 years and by the age of 6 I was testing 
> my own blood and administering my own insulin.  My parents helped and 
> often supervised, but I was being taught to care for my own health.
>
> I understood what I needed to do such as calculating carbs, drawing 
> insulin and testing my sugars on a regular basis.  To take this out of my 
> hands would have left me in more trouble especially as an adult.
>
> I remember times where I knew I had a low sugar, but I had to wait for a 
> pass to the nurse to be written and then I had to travel to the nurses 
> office, which could be a ways off depending on where I was in the 
> building.  A diabetic should be allowed to test and treat sugars whenever 
> and where ever.  As we all know, diabetes can be managed, but only when we 
> are allowed to follow what we know is the best method.  Sounds like a 
> similar arguement NFB!  *smile*
>
>
>
> Bridgit
>
>> From: k7uij at panix.com
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:47:43 -0800
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: new law affects NJ students with diabetes
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Carol Castellano" <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
>> To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:22 PM
>> Subject: [blindkid] new law affects NJ students with diabetes
>>
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>> Lister Eric Calhoun suggested I send this info
>> to the list, in case it would help some of our families.
>> Carol
>>
>> Carol Castellano, President
>> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>> 973-377-0976
>> carol_castellano at verizon.net
>> www.nfb.org/nopbc
>>
>> New NJ LAW
>>
>> A new law designed to help diabetic students will take effect Feb. 1.
>>
>> The law creates individualized health care plans
>> for students with diabetes and training in diabetes care for school
>> employees.
>>
>> Under the new law, students capable of
>> self-managing their diabetes will now be
>> permitted to do so, provided a parent or guardian gives the school
>> permission.
>>
>> Parents wishing to allow their children to
>> self-regulate their diabetes must notify the
>> school nurse of their child's condition and
>> intent and provide written proof from the child's
>> physician that he or she is capable of caring for his or her diabetes.
>>
>> Following the notification, the nurse will
>> develop an individualized health care plan and an
>> individualized emergency health care plan for
>> each student, which would be authorized by the
>> student's parents. These plans will be updated at
>> the start of each school year and whenever a
>> student's medical condition dictates. The child's
>> physician, the school nurse, school employees and
>> school district won't be held liable for civil
>> damages resulting from the actions authorized by the plans.
>>
>> Students on an individualized health care plan
>> will be able to self-manage their diabetes at any
>> time and anywhere on school grounds, so long as
>> it is provided for in their plan.
>>
>> The law also provides for a uniform set of
>> guidelines for the training of public, charter
>> and nonpublic school employees in the care needed
>> for students with diabetes, to be developed by
>> the state Department of Health and Senior
>> Services. Each school must provide the training
>> to at least three school employees at each school
>> attended by a student with diabetes.
>>
>> Additionally, school nurses will be responsible
>> for the emergency administration of glucagon - an
>> amino-acid peptide hormone necessary for
>> maintaining proper glucose levels in the body
>> -and may designate additional employees who may
>> administer the hormone when the school nurse is not available.
>>
>> "Diabetes is a disease that requires constant
>> personal management," said Assemblyman Jack
>> Conners (D-Burlington), a co-sponsor of the law.
>> "But state law had required students with
>> diabetes to visit the school nurse for any and
>> all medication. That was at best unfair to their
>> education and at worst dangerous to their health."
>>
>> "Many diabetics have special dietary needs that
>> include things normally frowned upon in the
>> classroom, like snacking," said Assemblywoman
>> Joan M. Voss (D-Bergen), a co-sponsor and a
>> retired teacher. "Allowing students to manage
>> themselves will help ensure their special medical
>> needs are met with a minimum of interference."
>>
>> "Requiring uniform training guidelines for
>> teachers and administrators helps ensure that
>> students with diabetes have access to proper
>> emergency care should, God forbid, they need it,"
>> said Assemblywoman Cleopatra G. Tucker (D-Essex), a co-sponsor.
>>
>> "Together with the self-regulation option, this
>> new law will help students with diabetes continue
>> to live healthy, active lives."
>>
>> - TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
>>
>>
>>
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