Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 40 - STOCK MEDICATION IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER ENTITIES
Subchapter D - MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF ASTHMA MEDICATION
Section 40.42 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
The following terms and phrases, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Authorized healthcare provider--A physician, as defined in Texas Education Code, § 38.201, or person who has been delegated prescriptive authority by a physician under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 157.
(2) Campus--A geographic unit of a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school that:
(3) School nurse--Registered nurse, as defined in 19 TAC § 153.1022(relating to Minimum Salary Schedule for Certain Professional Staff), authorized to administer asthma medication, or licensed vocational nurse working under supervision as described in Texas Occupations Code § 301.353.
(4) Unassigned asthma medication--A fast acting bronchodilator delivered by metered dose inhaler with single use spacer or by nebulizer as a rescue medication, prescribed by an authorized healthcare provider in the name of the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school, issued with a non-patient-specific standing delegation order for the administration of an asthma medication, and issued by an authorized healthcare provider.
