Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, the Epinephrine in Schools program expanded to become the Undesignated Emergency Medications (UEM) program. It is jointly managed by DC Health and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).

The UEM program is authorized by the Access to Emergency Medications Amendment Act of 2023 and requires all DC public and public charter schools to stock emergency medications – albuterol, epinephrine (EpiPens), and glucagon – at no cost to schools.

The UEM program requires schools to have a minimum of two staff members trained in the administration of UEMs and to submit an Undesignated Emergency Medications Action (UEMA) plan annually to OSSE for review and approval.

To help schools develop their UEMA plans, OSSE and DC Health created Undesignated Emergency Medication Action Plan: Response Guidance (Response Guidance) that provides tips on how to respond to each question of the UEMA plan.

For further information and resources regarding the UEM program, visit DC Health’s UEM Program website.

If you have any questions or need assistance for the UEMA plan, please contact OSSE’s Emergency Medications Team at [email protected]. For questions regarding AOM training, medication inventory, and incident reporting, please contact [email protected].

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