This page adderesses diabetes plan for school personnel

This document addresses policies that address diabetes.

This document addresses diabetes plans.

(a) A diabetes management and treatment plan must be developed and implemented for each student with diabetes who will seek care for the student’s diabetes while at school or while participating in a school activity. The plan shall be developed by:

• (1) the student’s parent or guardian; and
• (2) the physician responsible for the student’s diabetes treatment. (b) A diabetes management and treatment plan must: (1) identify the health care services the student may receive at school; (2) evaluate the student’s ability to manage and level of understanding of the student’s diabetes; and (3) be signed by the student’s parent or guardian and the physician responsible for the student’s diabetes treatment.

(b) An individualized health plan must be developed for each student with diabetes who will seek care for diabetes while at school or while participating in a school activity. The school principal and the school nurse, if a school nurse is assigned to the school, shall develop a student's individualized health plan in collaboration with the student's parent or guardian and, to the extent practicable, the physician responsible for the student's diabetes treatment and one or more of the student's teachers. (c) A student's individualized health plan must incorporate components of the student's diabetes management and treatment plan, including the information required under Section 168.002(b). A school shall develop a student's individualized health plan on receiving the student's diabetes management and treatment plan.

(a)If a school nurse is assigned to a campus and the nurse is available, the nurse shall perform the tasks necessary to assist a student with diabetes in accordance with the student’s individualized health plan. If a school nurse is not assigned to the campus or a school nurse is not available, an unlicensed diabetes care assistant shall perform the tasks necessary to assist the student with diabetes in accordance with the student’s individualized health plan and in compliance with any guidelines provided during training under Section 168.005. An unlicensed diabetes care assistant may perform the tasks provided by this subsection only if the parent or guardian of the student signs an agreement that:

• (1)authorizes an unlicensed diabetes care assistant to assist the student; and

• (2)states that the parent or guardian understands that an unlicensed diabetes care assistant is not liable for civil damages as provided by Section 168.009.

• (b)If a school nurse is not assigned to a campus:

• (1)an unlicensed diabetes care assistant must have access to an individual with expertise in the care of persons with diabetes, such as a physician, a registered nurse, a certified diabetes educator, or a licensed dietitian; or

• (2)the principal must have access to the physician responsible for the student’s diabetes treatment.

• (c)Each school shall adopt a procedure to ensure that a school nurse or at least one unlicensed diabetes care assistant is present and available to provide the required care to a student with diabetes during the regular school day.