(a) Once a school district, open-enrollment charter
school, or private school adopts an opioid antagonist medication policy,
a campus implementing an opioid policy must stock opioid antagonist
medication as defined by §40.84 of this subchapter (relating
to Required and Voluntary Opioid Antagonist Policies).
(b) A campus must obtain a prescription from a physician
or a person who has been delegated prescriptive authority to stock,
possess, and maintain the established number of doses of opioid antagonists
as determined by a school district, on each campus as described in
Texas Education Code §38.225.
(1) The campus must renew this prescription or obtain
a new prescription annually.
(2) The number of additional doses may be determined
by an individual campus review led by a physician or a person who
has been delegated prescriptive authority.
(c) A physician or other person who has been delegated
prescriptive authority under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 157 and
prescribes opioid antagonist medication under subsection (a) of this
section, must provide the school district, open-enrollment charter
school, or private school a standing order for administration of an
opioid antagonist medication to a person who is reasonably believed
to be experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose. The standing order
must comply with the Texas Education Code §38.225.
(d) The unassigned opioid antagonist medication must
be stored in a secure location and be easily accessible, in accordance
with the manufacturer's guidelines and local policy of the school
district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.
(e) Used, unassigned opioid antagonists are considered
infectious waste and must be disposed of according to the school's
blood-borne pathogen control policy.
(f) Expired, unassigned opioid antagonists must be
disposed of in accordance with the Federal Drug Administration's disposal
of unused medications guidelines and local policy of the school district,
open-enrollment charter school, or private school.
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