Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 168.008
Independent Monitoring and Treatment

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.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1022 (H.B. 984), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.

Source: Section 168.008 — Independent Monitoring and Treatment, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­168.­htm#168.­008 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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