According to Wis. Stat. sec. 118.29, Wisconsin school personnel and volunteers must be trained and found competent before administering certain medications to students. While most medication is given in the healthroom, school staff may need to give a student a medication on a field trip or in the classroom.

Mandatory training for all newly hired staff:

• General Medication and Oral Administration Principles
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Rescue Inhaler
• Glucagon - Emergency Injection for Diabetes
• Epipen

All teachers, special education assistants, and healthroom staff must review the following every four years:

• Review: Basic Medication Administration
• Review: Glucagon - Emergency Injection for Diabetes
• Review: EpiPen
• Review: Rescue Inhaler

Special education and healthroom staff must review annually:

• Review: Bloodborne Pathogens

• Department of Public Instructions Statutes and Law
• Frequently used school laws regarding student health
• Wisconsin Department of Instruction Power Point - Laws and Statutes
• Emergency Nursing Services in Wisconsin Schools
• Administration of Drugs to Pupils
• Administrative Guidelines for Food Allergy Management and Emergency Medication
• Links to School District of Waukesha Policies
• Wisconsin DPI - Law and Policies