Bill Text: MO HB1215 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires a health screening for public school students in the second and eighth grades
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-14 - Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H) [HB1215 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2010-HB1215-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DUSENBERG.
3417L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to health screening of public school students.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 167.185, to read as follows:
167.185. 1. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in second grade and eighth grade at a public school shall provide to school personnel, by the first day of the school year, certification of a completed physical examination. The physical examination shall have been completed within the previous twelve months. The parent or guardian of any student who does not have certification of a completed physical examination by the first day of school shall have ninety days in which to submit the certification.
2. The physical examination required in subsection 1 of this section shall be conducted by a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or by personnel listed on a statewide registry maintained by the board of healing arts and the board of nursing. The physical examination shall include but shall not be limited to:
(1) A health history;
(2) Hearing evaluation;
(3) Body weight screenings;
(4) Measurement of blood pressure;
(5) Measurement of height and weight;
(6) Asthma screening consistent with the Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma;
(7) Diabetes screening for eighth graders when appropriate as outlined in the state's Consensus Screening Guidelines for PreDiabetes and Diabetes; and
(8) A review of the student's immunization records.
3. The department of health and senior services, in collaboration with the Missouri State Medical Association and the Missouri Osteopathic Association shall develop a standardized physical examination form to be used when conducting the physical examination required in subsection 1 of this section. The form shall be suitable for duplication by the persons conducting the physical examination.
4. A student shall be exempt from the school physical examination requirements of this section if the parent or guardian of the student submits a written statement declaring that the physical examination conflicts with the moral or religious tenets of the student or the parent or guardian of the student, or if a parent or guardian of the student submits a written statement declaring that he or she does not want the student to have the physical examination required in subsection 1 of this section.
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