Bulletin One 2012 2013 Final.pdf - Fort Worth ISD

2. Evaluate the student’s ability to manage and the level of understanding of the student’s
diabetes; and
3. Be signed by the parent or guardian and the physician.
B. The parent or guardian must submit the DMTP to the school:
1. Before or at the beginning of the school year;
2. On enrollment of the student, if the student enrolls after the beginning of the school
year; or
3. As soon as practicable following a diagnosis of diabetes for the student.
C. Upon receiving the student’s DMTP, the school principal, or designee, and the school nurse
shall develop an individualized health plan (IHP) for the student. The IHP shall be developed
in collaboration with the student’s parent, or guardian and, to the extent practical, the
physician responsible for the student’s diabetes treatment and one or more of the student’s
teachers.
D. At each school in which a student with diabetes is enrolled, the principal shall:
1. Seek school employees who are not health-care professionals to serve as unlicensed
diabetes care assistants (UDCAs) and to care for students with diabetes, and
2. Make efforts to ensure the school has:
a. At least one (1) UDCA if a full-time nurse is assigned to the school; and
b. At least three (3) UDCAs if a full-time nurse is not assigned to the school.
3.12 Medication/Specialized Health Care Procedures on Field Trips
The only medications and specialized health care procedures that may be administered or performed
during field trips are those that are absolutely necessary to enable the student to participate in this activity.
The school principal should inform the nurse four (4) days in advance when students are scheduled to go
on field trips.
I. The following provisions must be in place four (4) days in advance of the scheduled field trip:
A. Medication and specialized health care orders already on file at school will cover any field
trips taken during the school day. Additional medication and specialized health care procedure
orders not on file at the school must be obtained prior to each field trip. These are considered
temporary orders and are subject to change during the school year.
B. The school nurse must in-service the person designated by the principal to administer
medication/specialized health care procedures on field trips and document the training on a
Record of In-service Training and Observation Form.
C. Parents must send the medication in a current pharmacist labeled container with only the
amount required for the field trip.
D. Supplies and any necessary equipment required for specialized health care procedures must be
provided by the parent (e.g., catheters, nebulizer treatment machines, etc.)
12-13 SY Bulletin Number One 54 Revised: 10/9/2012