Texas Education Code

§ 38.030 — TRAUMATIC INJURY RESPONSE PROTOCOL

ED § 38.030Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 38. HEALTH AND SAFETY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall develop and annually make available a protocol for school employees and volunteers to follow in the event of a traumatic injury.

(b)The protocol required under this section must:

(1)provide for a school district or open-enrollment charter school to maintain and make available to school employees and volunteers bleeding control stations, as described by Subsection (d), for use in the event of a traumatic injury involving blood loss;

(2)ensure that bleeding control stations are stored in easily accessible areas of the campus that are selected by the district's school safety and security committee or the charter school's governing body;

(3)require that agency-approved training on the use of a bleeding control station in the event of an injury to another person be provided to:

(A)each school district peace officer commissioned under Section 37.081 or school security personnel employed under that section who provides security services at the campus;

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Legislative history

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1045 (S.B. 1267), Sec. 18, eff. June 18, 2021.