Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A school district, open-enrollment
charter school, or private school may voluntarily adopt and implement a written
policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of asthma
medication at each campus.
(1) If a written
policy is adopted under this subchapter, the unassigned asthma medication
policy must comply with Texas Education Code §
38.208.
(2) Subject to the availability of funding, a
school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school that adopts
such a policy must secure or obtain the suggested minimum dosage of unassigned
asthma medication.
(b)
In development of an unassigned asthma medication policy, a school district,
open-enrollment charter school, or private school may consider performing a
review to include:
(1) consultation with
school nurses, the local school health advisory committee, local healthcare
providers, or any department or organization involved with student
well-being;
(2) campus geography;
and
(3) student population
size.
(c) If a school
district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school voluntarily adopts
an unassigned asthma medication policy, the policy must include:
(1) a process to obtain written authorization
from a parent or guardian of the student that the student has been diagnosed as
having asthma and stating that the school nurse may administer unassigned
asthma medication to the student;
(2) a designated campus administrator to
coordinate and manage policy implementation that includes:
(A) whether to conduct a review at the campus
to determine the need for additional doses;
(B) training of school nurses;
(C) acquiring or purchasing, maintaining,
storing, and using unassigned asthma medication, subject to available campus
funding; and
(D) disposing of
expired unassigned asthma medication;
(3) a list of school nurses who will be
assigned to administer unassigned asthma medication;
(4) locations of unassigned asthma
medication;
(5) procedures for
notifying a parent, prescribing authorized healthcare provider, and the
student's primary healthcare provider when unassigned asthma medication is
administered; and
(6) a plan to
replace, as soon as reasonably possible, any unassigned asthma medication that
is used or close to expiration.
(d) An adopted unassigned asthma medication
policy must be publicly available.
