Tex. Health and Safety Code § 168.004
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 168.004, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 168.004. UNLICENSED DIABETES CARE ASSISTANT.
Official statutory text
(a) At each school in which a student with diabetes is enrolled, the school principal shall:
(1) seek school employees who are not health care professionals to serve as unlicensed diabetes care assistants and care for students with diabetes; and
(2) make efforts to ensure that the school has:
(A) at least one unlicensed diabetes care assistant if a full-time nurse is assigned to the school; and
(B) at least three unlicensed diabetes care assistants if a full-time nurse is not assigned to the school.
(b) An unlicensed diabetes care assistant shall serve under the supervision of the principal.
(c) A school employee may not be subject to any penalty or disciplinary action for refusing to serve as an unlicensed diabetes care assistant.
(1) seek school employees who are not health care professionals to serve as unlicensed diabetes care assistants and care for students with diabetes; and
(2) make efforts to ensure that the school has:
(A) at least one unlicensed diabetes care assistant if a full-time nurse is assigned to the school; and
(B) at least three unlicensed diabetes care assistants if a full-time nurse is not assigned to the school.
(b) An unlicensed diabetes care assistant shall serve under the supervision of the principal.
(c) A school employee may not be subject to any penalty or disciplinary action for refusing to serve as an unlicensed diabetes care assistant.
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