(a) Except as provided in Alaska Stat. § 14.30.172 – 14.30.176, school personnel may not, unless otherwise authorized by law or a specific policy adopted by a governing body of a school district,

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 14.30.171

  • board: means the state Board of Education and Early Development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • governing body: means the school board of a borough or city school district or a regional educational attendance area. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • guardian: includes a natural, adoptive, and foster parent, stepparent, legal guardian, relative, and other adult person with whom a student has resided and who has acted as a parent in providing for the student or has been responsible for the student's welfare for a continuous period. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010 v2
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) recommend to a parent or guardian that a child take or continue to take a psychotropic drug as a condition for attending a public school;
(2) require that a child take or continue to take a psychotropic drug as a condition for attending a public school, except when, in the opinion of the child’s treating physician,

(A) the medication is necessary for the mental health of the child; or
(B) the child poses a risk of harm to self or others without the medication;
(3) conduct a psychiatric evaluation of a child;
(4) recommend a specific licensed physician, psychologist, or other health specialist to a parent or guardian for a child; or
(5) recommend that a parent or guardian seek or use for a child

(A) a psychotropic medication; or
(B) a psychiatric or psychological treatment.
(b) As used in this section, “school personnel” means persons employed by a public school or school district to work in a public school, except for a person who holds a special services type C certificate issued under Alaska Stat. Chapter 14.20 that qualifies the person to be employed to provide related services to students, as described in regulations adopted by the board.
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