1. (a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school that chooses to adopt a written unassigned medication for respiratory distress policy is responsible for training school personnel or school volunteers in the administration of unassigned medication for respiratory distress. Each authorized school personnel or school volunteer must receive initial training and an annual refresher training. The training must:

   1. (1) meet the requirements found in TEC §38.210;
   2. (2) cover the authorized healthcare provider's standing order;
   3. (3) include processes to follow-up with the prescribing authorized healthcare provider and the student's primary healthcare provider;
   4. (4) provide information on the report required after administering unassigned medication for respiratory distress under §40.47 of this subchapter (relating to Report on Administering Unassigned Medication for Respiratory Distress);
   5. (5) include information on the adopted unassigned medication for respiratory distress policy;
   6. (6) incorporate hands-on training with unassigned medication for respiratory distress; and
   7. (7) inform school personnel or school volunteers of the purpose and use of asthma action plans.
2. (b) Each campus must maintain training records and must make available upon request a list of school personnel and school volunteers trained and authorized to administer unassigned medication for respiratory distress at the campus or at a school-sponsored event.

Source Note:The provisions of this §40.46 adopted to be effective February 18, 2021, 46 TexReg 1064; amended to be effective February 19, 2025, 50 TexReg 859.