Independent Monitoring and Treatment

Sec. 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.