Role of the LPN in Training Unlicensed School Personnel to Perform Delegated Acts

A request was received for an opinion on the role of the licensed LPN in training unlicensed school personnel to perform delegated acts such as the administration of emergency drugs to students on field trips.

Even though KRS 314.011(10)(d) permits a LPN to teach, supervise,  and delegate, KRS 158.838 and156.502 governing health services in school settings limit these activities as it applies to delegating and training school employees in the performance of health services.  Under these statutes, a school employee is delegated responsibility to perform the health service by a physician, ARNP, or RN.  The school employee who is delegated a task is trained by the delegating physician, ARNP, or RN.