Section 40.63 - DefinitionsThe following terms and phrases, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) All hours the campus is open--At a minimum, during regular on-campus school hours, and when school personnel are physically on site for school-sponsored activities.(2) Anaphylaxis--As defined in Texas Education Code § 38.201.(3) Authorized healthcare provider--A physician or person who has been delegated prescriptive authority under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 157.(4) Campus--A unit of a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school with an assigned administrator, has enrolled students who are counted for average daily attendance, has assigned instructional staff, provides instructional services to students, has one or more grades in the range from early childhood education through grade 12 or is ungraded, and complies with relevant Texas laws.(5) Open-enrollment charter school--As defined in Texas Education Code § 38.151.(6) Physician--As defined in Texas Education Code § 38.201.(7) Private school--As defined in Texas Education Code § 38.201.(8) School nurse--As defined in 19 Texas Administrative Code §153.1022.(9) School personnel--As defined in Texas Education Code § 38.201.(10) School volunteer--As defined in Texas Education Code § 22.053.(11) Unassigned epinephrine auto-injector--An epinephrine auto-injector prescribed by an authorized healthcare provider in the name of the school issued with a non-patient-specific standing delegation order for the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector, issued by a physician or person who has been delegated prescriptive authority under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 157.25 Tex. Admin. Code § 40.63
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 42, October 20, 2023, TexReg 6209, eff. 11/1/2023