Tex. Health & Safety Code § 168.001 · Chapter 168. CARE OF STUDENTS WITH DIABETES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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 Section 168.003.
(3) "Principal" includes the principal's designee.
(4) "School" means a public elementary or secondary school. The term does not include an open-enrollment charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code.
(5) "School employee" means a person employed by:
(A) a school;
(B) a local health department that assists a school under this chapter; or
(C) another entity with which a school has contracted to perform its duties under this chapter.
(6) "Unlicensed diabetes care assistant" means a school employee who has successfully completed the training required by Section 168.005.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1022 (H.B. 984), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.168.htm
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