Asthma and allergies can happen any time, anywhere – in the classroom, on the playground or in the lunchroom – so it’s imperative that students have immediate access to these lifesaving medications at all times.
Thanks to South Dakota’s new law, 50 states now protect a students’ rights to carry and self-administer their prescribed lifesaving asthma medications at school.  AANMA is proud to have worked with advocates, parents and students in all 50 states to accomplish this important goal. 

Next: AANMA and advocates across the nation have also worked to protect students’ rights to carry and self-administer lifesaving anaphylaxis medications at school. To date, 45 states protect that student right – however, we still have work to do in New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. Mississippi currently has legislation pending that’s expected to pass into law any day. (Read state legislation by clicking on the state name below.) 

The light blue states on the map designate states that still need laws protecting students’ rights to carry and self-administer anaphylaxis medications at school. Do you live in one of these light blue states? E-mail or call AANMA’s Director of Patient Advocacy, Sandra Fusco-Walker, at sfwalker@aanma.org or 800-878-4403, ext. 103 for more information about how you can help bring this vital protection to students at risk for anaphylaxis in your state!

Color Key:

States that protect student rights to possess and self-administer prescribed lifesaving asthma and anaphylaxis medications.

States that protect student rights to possess and self-administer prescribed lifesaving asthma medications.

States that do not protect student rights to possess and self-administer prescribed lifesaving asthma and/or anaphylaxis medications.

Links to State Laws

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