Tex. Health and Safety Code § 168.001
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 168.001, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 168.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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