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 40.45 - Prescription, Administration, and Disposal of Unassigned Asthma Medications

(a) Once a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school voluntarily adopts an unassigned asthma medication policy, a campus that implements an unassigned asthma medication policy must stock unassigned asthma medication, subject to available funding, as defined by § 40.44 of this subchapter (relating to Voluntary Unassigned Asthma Medication Policies).

(b) A campus must obtain a prescription from an authorized healthcare provider each year to stock, possess, and maintain at least two doses of unassigned asthma medication on each campus as described in Texas Education Code § 38.208 and any equipment necessary to administer the medication.

(c) An authorized healthcare provider who prescribes unassigned asthma medication under subsection (b) of this section must provide the campus with a standing order for the administration of unassigned asthma medication to a person who:

(d) The unassigned asthma medication must be stored in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines and local policy of the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.

(e) Expired unassigned asthma medication and other used or expired supplies must be disposed of in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines and local policy of the school district, open-enrollment charter school or private school.