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TITLE 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 40 - STOCK MEDICATION IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER ENTITIES
SUBCHAPTER E - EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR POLICIES IN SCHOOLS
SECTION/RULE §40.66 - Assignment and Recruitment of School Personnel and School Volunteers to be Trained to Administer Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
Chapter Review Date 05/09/2024

(a) At each school campus adopting an unassigned epinephrine auto-injector policy, the school principal may:(1) assign school personnel or school volunteers to be trained to administer unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors; or(2) seek school personnel or school volunteers who volunteer to be trained to administer unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors.(b) In order to increase the number of trained individuals in the administration of unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors, schools may distribute to school personnel and school volunteers in the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school, at least once per school year, a notice including:(1) a description of the request seeking volunteers to be trained to administer an epinephrine auto-injector to a person believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis; and(2) a description of the training the school personnel or school volunteers will receive in the administration of epinephrine with an auto-injector.(c) Trained school personnel or school volunteers who administer the unassigned epinephrine auto-injector must submit a signed statement indicating they agree to perform the service of administering an unassigned epinephrine auto-injector to a student or individual who may be experiencing anaphylaxis.

Source Note: The provisions of this §40.66 adopted to be effective November 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 6207.

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