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FFAC

Wellness and Health Services: Medical Treatment

This policy governs the administration of medical treatment to students, including the conditions under which school employees may administer nonprescription medications.

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Local Changes (2)

2026-02-17Adopted · Meeting notes

This update revises the nonprescription medication administration provision to expand and clarify the conditions under which an authorized employee may administer nonprescription medication to a student without further authorization or written protocol from the student's health care provider, specifying requirements related to written parental request, unexpired medication, original container, and label-consistent dosing.

Added

  • The authorized employee may administer nonprescription medication to a student without further authorization or written protocol from the student's health care provider if the district or school has received a written request to administer the medication from the parent, legal guardian, or other person having legal control of the student, the medication is unexpired and administered from a container that appears to be the original container and properly labeled, and the dose administered is consistent with the instructions on the container's label.

Removed

  • Nonprescription medication, upon a parent's written request, when properly labeled and in the original container.
Legal Compliance Summary

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  • Who Can Request Medication: State law S.B. 920 now specifies that a written request to give a student nonprescription medication can come from a parent, legal guardian, or any other person who has legal control of the student. The updated policy reflects this expanded list, replacing older language that referred only to a parent.
  • Medication Container Requirements: S.B. 920 requires that nonprescription medication be given from what appears to be the original container and that the medication has not expired. The policy now includes both of these conditions, adding the expiration requirement and slightly adjusting the container standard to match the law's exact wording.
  • Dosing Instructions: S.B. 920 requires that any dose given to a student match the instructions printed on the medication's label. This condition was not in the previous policy and was added solely to bring the policy in line with the new statute.
  • District Choice to Allow Medication Administration: S.B. 920 gives school districts the option — but does not require them — to allow authorized employees to give nonprescription medication without needing approval from a student's doctor. The district chose to include this option in its policy, which is a necessary step to put the law's permission into effect.
Legal Compliance DetailsMixed

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Written request from parent, legal guardian, or other person having legal control of the student as a precondition for nonprescription medication administration Required by Law
Statutory basis: TEC §22.052(a-1) as amended by S.B. 920 (89th Leg., R.S.) [NOTE: statute analysis incorrectly cites S.B. 965; operative bill confirmed via web search as S.B. 920]
Verified via: verbatim statute text
Local additions: The removed policy language referred only to 'a parent's written request'; the new language expands the authorized requestor class to include legal guardians and other persons having legal control of the student, tracking the statutory text precisely. No local additions beyond the statutory floor.
Medication must be unexpired and administered from a container that appears to be the original container and is properly labeled Required by Law
Statutory basis: TEC §22.052(a-1) as amended by S.B. 920 (89th Leg., R.S.) [NOTE: statute analysis incorrectly cites S.B. 965; operative bill confirmed via web search as S.B. 920]
Verified via: verbatim statute text
Local additions: The removed language required medication to be 'properly labeled and in the original container.' The new policy adds the 'unexpired' condition and refines the container standard to 'appears to be the original container,' both of which mirror the enacted statutory language verbatim. No local additions beyond the statutory floor.
Dose administered must be consistent with the instructions on the container's label Required by Law
Statutory basis: TEC §22.052(a-1) as amended by S.B. 920 (89th Leg., R.S.) [NOTE: statute analysis incorrectly cites S.B. 965; operative bill confirmed via web search as S.B. 920]
Verified via: verbatim statute text
Local additions: This condition was not present in the removed policy language. It is entirely derived from the enacted statutory text; the district exercised no additional local discretion in this element.
Authorized employee may administer nonprescription medication without further authorization or written protocol from the student's health care provider Permitted by Law
Statutory basis: TEC §22.052(a-1) as amended by S.B. 920 (89th Leg., R.S.) [NOTE: statute analysis incorrectly cites S.B. 965; operative bill confirmed via web search as S.B. 920]
Verified via: verbatim statute text
Local additions: The statute uses 'may,' granting express permission but not imposing a mandate. The district chose to exercise this permission by incorporating it into local policy. The district's adoption of a policy enabling this practice is itself a prerequisite under the statute, confirming that the local policy decision is necessary to activate the statutory permission.
2026-01-20Reading · Meeting notes

This update to Conroe ISD's FFAC policy expands who may authorize nonprescription medication administration to include legal guardians and other persons having legal control of the student (not just parents), and adds a new requirement that the dose administered must be consistent with the instructions on the container's label.

Added

  • legal guardian, or other person having legal control of the student giving their
  • and the dose administered is consistent with the instructions on the container's label

Removed

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