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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, CRUZ AND PASHINSKI, MARCH 28, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 28, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," further providing for health services |
6 | and for dental examinations and dental hygiene services. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 1402(a.1) and (e) of the act of March 10, |
10 | 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
11 | repealed and added July 15, 1957 (P.L.937, No.404) and amended |
12 | December 7, 1965 (P.L.1041, No.390), are amended and the section |
13 | is amended by adding subsections to read: |
14 | Section 1402. Health Services.--* * * |
15 | (a.1) Every child of school age shall be provided with |
16 | school nurse services: Provided, however, That the number of |
17 | pupils under the care of each school nurse shall not exceed [one |
18 | thousand five hundred (1,500)] seven hundred fifty (750). |
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20 | (e) The school physicians of each district or joint board |
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1 | shall make a medical examination and a comprehensive appraisal |
2 | of the health of every child of school age, (1) upon original |
3 | entry into school in the Commonwealth, (2) while in [sixth] |
4 | fifth grade, (3) while in [eleventh] eighth grade, and (4) |
5 | [prior to the issuance of a farm or domestic service permit |
6 | unless the child has been given a scheduled or special medical |
7 | examination within the preceding four months.] while in eleventh |
8 | grade. The health record of the child shall be made available to |
9 | the school physician at the time of the regularly scheduled |
10 | health appraisals. |
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12 | (g) A child shall be eligible for practice or participation |
13 | in a sport only when there is on file with the school nurse a |
14 | certificate of consent for each sport which is signed by the |
15 | child's parent or guardian. |
16 | (h) (1) No child shall be eligible to represent the child's |
17 | high school in any interscholastic athletic contest unless the |
18 | child has been examined by a licensed physician of medicine or |
19 | osteopathic medicine, a certified school nurse practitioner or |
20 | physician assistant before the child's first sports season of |
21 | that academic year, and the physician, certified school nurse |
22 | practitioner or physician assistant has signed an examination |
23 | certificate. |
24 | (2) Before each subsequent sports season of the same |
25 | academic year, the child shall be reexamined or certified by a |
26 | licensed physician of medicine or osteopathic medicine, a |
27 | certified school nurse practitioner or a physician assistant |
28 | that the child's condition is satisfactory before the child |
29 | commences to train or practice the intended sport, and the |
30 | physician, certified school nurse practitioner or physician |
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1 | assistant shall sign the examination certificate. |
2 | (3) The examination for fall sports shall not be given |
3 | earlier than July 1. The examination, reexamination or |
4 | certification for all other sports shall not be given earlier |
5 | than six (6) weeks prior to the beginning of practice for each |
6 | applicable sport. |
7 | Section 2. Section 1403 of the act, amended August 27, 1963 |
8 | (P.L.1380, No.535), is amended to read: |
9 | Section 1403. Dental Examinations and Dental Hygiene |
10 | Services.--(a) All children of school age in the Commonwealth, |
11 | (i) upon original entry into the school, (ii) while in the third |
12 | grade, [and] (iii) while in the seventh grade, and (iv) while in |
13 | the tenth grade, shall be given a dental examination by a school |
14 | dentist: Provided, however, That this requirement shall not |
15 | apply to those school districts or joint school boards which |
16 | have instituted a program of dental hygiene services as provided |
17 | in subsection (b) of this section. |
18 | (b) Any school district or joint school board may institute |
19 | a program of dental hygiene services for children of school age, |
20 | which program shall be approved by the Secretary of Health, and |
21 | for that purpose may employ dental hygienists. |
22 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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