POLICY TITLE: Blood Glucose Monitoring. POLICY NUMBER: 5.3212. SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Supervising, assisting with, or conducting blood glucose monitoring of students with diabetes mellitus or recurrent hypoglycemia pursuant to Florida law. PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement and specify the provisions of Fla. Stat. § 232.465(2): Specifies the authority of non-medical school personnel to perform or assist with (after appropriate training) student blood glucose monitoring that has been ordered by the student's physician; requires school principals to designate at least two (2) personnel to be trained in accordance with the statute by one of the Florida-licensed medical professionals named therein; sets forth procedures for supervising or conducting such monitoring; provides for emergency care procedures in an individualized health care plan or 504 plan; limits liability consistent with § 232.46(2) and Board Policy 5.321. SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 230.22(2); 230.23(22); 232.46, Fla. Stat. LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 230.23(6); 232.46(2); 232.465, Fla. Stat. THE PERSON WHO MAY BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT: Ronald Armstrong or LaShandra Span, Student Services, 3308 Forest Hill Blvd. C-143, West Palm Beach, FL 33406. THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the Proposed Policy Development may be promptly obtained without cost from the District’s website at www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/LLP/revisions.asp (or from Office of Public Affairs, 3336 Forest Hill Blvd. Ste. B-102, West Palm Beach, FL 33406). RULE DEVELOPMENT HEARING: This policy development will begin at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on June 3, 2002 (anticipated to be 3:30 p.m.), in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.