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Education Code § 49414.6

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49414.6.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, local educational agencies shall not prohibit pupils in middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, or adult schools, while on a schoolsite or participating in school activities, from carrying fentanyl test strips or a federally approved opioid antagonist for over-the-counter use for the emergency treatment of persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose.

(b) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

(Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 872, Sec. 1. (SB 997) Effective January 1, 2025.)