The 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.
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