In Texas, the law mandates that school principals seek and make efforts to designate staff who are not health care professionals to serve as unlicensed diabetes care assistants (UDCAs) when students with diabetes are enrolled in their school. The Texas Health & Safety Code, Section 168.004, outlines the requirements for training UDCAs, which must include both knowledge and skills components. The training must be provided by a healthcare professional with expertise in diabetes care or by the school nurse, and it must be complete before the beginning of the school year or as soon as practicable following a student's diagnosis of diabetes.