Tex. Health and Safety Code § 168.008
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 168.008, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 168.008. INDEPENDENT MONITORING AND TREATMENT.
Official statutory text
In accordance with the student's individualized health plan, a school shall permit the student to attend to the management and care of the student's diabetes, which may include:
(1) performing blood glucose level checks;
(2) administering insulin through the insulin delivery system the student uses;
(3) treating hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia;
(4) possessing on the student's person at any time any supplies or equipment necessary to monitor and care for the student's diabetes; and
(5) otherwise attending to the management and care of the student's diabetes in the classroom, in any area of the school or school grounds, or at any school-related activity.
(1) performing blood glucose level checks;
(2) administering insulin through the insulin delivery system the student uses;
(3) treating hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia;
(4) possessing on the student's person at any time any supplies or equipment necessary to monitor and care for the student's diabetes; and
(5) otherwise attending to the management and care of the student's diabetes in the classroom, in any area of the school or school grounds, or at any school-related activity.
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