Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 168 - Care Of Students With Diabetes

• Texas Section 168.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Diabetes management and treatment plan" means the document required by Section 168.002. (2) "Individualized health plan" means the document required by...
• Texas Section 168.002 - Diabetes Management And Treatment Plan
  (a) A diabetes management and treatment plan must be developed and implemented for each student with diabetes who will seek care for the student's diabetes...
• Texas Section 168.003 - Individualized Health Plan
  (a) An individualized health plan is a coordinated plan of care designed to meet the unique health care needs of a student with diabetes in...
• Texas Section 168.004 - Unlicensed Diabetes Care Assistant
  (a) At each school in which a student with diabetes is enrolled, the school principal shall: (1) seek school employees who are not health care...
• Texas Section 168.005 - Training For Unlicensed Diabetes Care Assistant
  (a) The Texas Diabetes Council shall develop guidelines, with the assistance of the following entities, for the training of unlicensed diabetes care assistants: (1) the...
• Texas Section 168.006 - Required Information For Certain Employees
  A school district shall provide to each district employee who is responsible for providing transportation for a student with diabetes or supervising a student with...
• Texas Section 168.007 - Required Care Of Students With Diabetes
  (a) If a school nurse is assigned to a campus and the nurse is available, the nurse shall perform the tasks necessary to assist a...
• Texas Section 168.008 - Independent Monitoring And Treatment
  In accordance with the student's individualized health plan, a school shall permit the student to attend to the management and care of the student's diabetes,...
• Texas Section 168.009 - Immunity From Disciplinary Action Or Liability
  (a) A school employee may not be subject to any disciplinary proceeding, as defined by Section 22.0512(b), Education Code, resulting from an action taken in...
• Texas Section 168.010 - Diabetes Intervention Pilot Program For School Districts Located On The Texas-mexico Border
  (a) This section applies only to a school district located in a county that: (1) has a population of less than 800,000; and (2) is...
• Texas Section 168.011 - Grant-writing Coordination Program
  (a) The department shall employ one person as a grant writer to assist and coordinate with school districts located in the Texas-Mexico border region in...

Last modified: September 28, 2016