Bill Text: NJ S3689 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes administration of medication as nonpublic school nursing service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-14 - Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading [S3689 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S3689-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Includes administration of medication as nonpublic school nursing service.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning nursing services for nonpublic school students and amending P.L.1991, c.226.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-25) is amended to read as follows:
3. Each board of education of a district in which a nonpublic school is located shall:
a. provide nursing services for pupils who are enrolled full-time in the nonpublic school. The services shall include:
(1) assistance with medical examinations, including dental screening;
(2) conducting screening of hearing examinations;
(3) the maintenance of student health records, and notification of local or county health officials of any student who has not been properly immunized;[ and]
(4) conducting examinations of pupils between the ages of 10 and 18 for the condition known as scoliosis; and
(5) administering medication upon the written permission of a pupil's parent or guardian or written standing orders from a pupil's physician.
b. adopt written policies and procedures extending the emergency care provided to public school pupils to those pupils who are enrolled full-time in the nonpublic school who are injured or become ill at school or during participation on a school team or squad.
(cf: P.L.1991, c.226, s.3)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under current law, each board of education of a school district in which a nonpublic school is located is to provide nursing services to all full-time pupils enrolled in the nonpublic school. The statute details the nursing services to be provided. This bill includes the administration of medication to pupils upon the written permission of a pupil's parent or guardian or written standing orders from a pupil's physician as a required nursing service.
