SECTION 40.82. Definitions

The following terms and phrases, when used in this subchapter, 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) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) Open-enrollment charter school--As defined in Texas Education Code §38.151.

(5) Opioid antagonist--As defined in Texas Health and Safety Code §483.101, any drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or otherwise inhibits the effects of opioids acting on those receptors.

(6) Opioid-related drug overdose--As defined in Texas Health and Safety Code §483.101, a condition, evidenced by symptoms of extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, constriction of the pupils, respiratory depression, or coma, that a layperson would reasonably believe to be the result of the consumption or use of an opioid.

(7) Private school--As defined in Texas Education Code §38.201.

(8) School personnel--As defined in Texas Education Code §38.201.

(9) School volunteer--As defined in Texas Education Code §22.053.

Source Note: The provisions of this §40.82 adopted to be effective November 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 6207