Texas Education Code

§ 38.031 — NOTICE OF LICE

ED § 38.031Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 38. HEALTH AND SAFETY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)The board of trustees of an independent school district shall adopt a policy requiring a school nurse of a public elementary school who determines or otherwise becomes aware that a child enrolled in the school has lice shall provide written or electronic notice of that fact to:

(1)the parent of the child with lice as soon as practicable but not later than 48 hours after the administrator or nurse, as applicable, determines or becomes aware of that fact; and

(2)the parent of each child assigned to the same classroom as the child with lice not later than the fifth school day after the date on which the administrator or nurse, as applicable, determines or becomes aware of that fact.

(b)The notice provided under Subsection (a):

(1)must include the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the treatment and prevention of lice; and

(2)if the notice is provided under Subsection (a)(2), may not identify the child with lice.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 925 (S.B. 1566), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2017.