Tag: California

Federal Administration Supports Parents in American Nurses Association vs. O’Connell

The Obama administration has taken a rare step and urged the California courts to allow school employees to administer insulin shots to the state's 14,000 diabetic schoolchildren if no nurses are available, according to the San Francisco Chronicle...

Children with Diabetes in California Schools: ADA Issues Statement

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) issued a statement expressing extreme disappointment in the California Court of Appeal ruling in the case of American Nurses Association et al. v. O’Connell, which prevents non-medical school personnel from volunteering to administer insulin to California schoolchildren who are not yet able to self-manage their disease...