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YES. Have copies available to "share" with "the team."

Go in with a bullet-point list that goes (from most to least critical) down your list of "must" haves, and make SURE that they hear all of it. If necessary, pleasantly offer to continue at a second meeting.

Don't be pressured into signing anything without thinking it through.

INSIST that the health plan be made part of the IEP. Your child qualifies as OHI (other health impaired) because he would otherwise have a 504 plan. He is NOT able to care for his basic needs to the same degree as same-aged peers.
Mom2277 makes exactly the same points that I'd encourage you to consider.

It might help you to actually visit your child's school and 'walk' through a typical school day-- that way you can take careful notes of hazards that aren't apparent to other adults. (Egg cartons for science projects, mayo jars recycled to hold paint brushes, etc.)

One more helpful thing to take a look at is Rhonda's outline:

http://foodallergyadvocate.com/

I've known Rhonda since ~2002. She is AMAZING. And thorough. Read through her version of a food allergy 504 plan-- cross through those things that don't seem to apply, but she WILL make you think of things that you'd otherwise miss.