Section 40.42 - DefinitionsThe following terms and phrases, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Authorized healthcare provider--A physician, as defined in Texas Education Code, § 38.201, or person who has been delegated prescriptive authority by a physician under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 157.(2) Campus--A geographic unit of a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school that:(A) has an assigned administrator;(B) has enrolled students who are counted for average daily attendance;(C) has assigned instructional staff;(D) provides instructional services to students;(E) has one or more grades in the range from early childhood education through grade 12 or is ungraded; and(F) is subject to Texas laws.(3) School nurse--Registered nurse, as defined in 19 TAC § 153.1022(relating to Minimum Salary Schedule for Certain Professional Staff), authorized to administer asthma medication, or licensed vocational nurse working under supervision as described in Texas Occupations Code § 301.353.(4) Unassigned asthma medication--A fast acting bronchodilator delivered by metered dose inhaler with single use spacer or by nebulizer as a rescue medication, prescribed by an authorized healthcare provider in the name of the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school, issued with a non-patient-specific standing delegation order for the administration of an asthma medication, and issued by an authorized healthcare provider.25 Tex. Admin. Code § 40.42
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 07, February 12, 2021, TexReg 1064, eff. 2/18/2021