Sec. 168.008. INDEPENDENT MONITORING AND TREATMENT  


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  • 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 , Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.