Tex. Health & Safety Code § 168.002 · Chapter 168. CARE OF STUDENTS WITH DIABETES
DIABETES MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT PLAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 while at school or while participating in a school activity. The plan shall be developed by:
(1) the student's parent or guardian; and
(2) the physician responsible for the student's diabetes treatment.
(b) A diabetes management and treatment plan must:
(1) identify the health care services the student may receive at school;
(2) evaluate the student's ability to manage and level of understanding of the student's diabetes; and
(3) be signed by the student's parent or guardian and the physician responsible for the student's diabetes treatment.
(c) The parent or guardian of a student with diabetes who seeks care for the student's diabetes while the student is at school shall submit to the school a copy of the student's diabetes management and treatment plan. The plan must be submitted to and reviewed by the school:
(1) before or at the beginning of the school year;
(2) on enrollment of the student, if the student enrolls in the school after the beginning of the school year; or
(3) as soon as practicable following a diagnosis of diabetes for the student.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1022 (H.B. 984), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.168.htm
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